Posts by Sacha
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clocked off, feeling irie
Have one for me (uh, meatballs, obviously).
but, hey, Aucklanders voted in John Banks, what does that say about them?
I was kinda hoping no one noticed that.
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Saintly levels of compassion there, Jackie. But a timely reminder, thanks, of some demons driving the man even harder than usual.
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Well, except for the pukeko, perhaps.
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Congrats, good sir.
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Oh, I see Mr Reid makes that point elsewhere this fine day. More eloquently, of course.
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He had to put the H somewhere..
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no one voted for SOLGM
Quite. But they have to get agreement from elected members before any idea is implemented - well, usually. You can see some of the motivation for a strengthened Mayoral function in the new Auckland Council.
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I don't want them "punished twice" but that seems to be a consequence of their membership of the university, whose motivations are probably as Kyle describes them.
it's a consequence of most of the careers being affected by conviction being ones that require university qualifications.
Fair point. I actually agree that the playing field should be level, though I still do not believe that it currently is. Happy to accept disagreement about that, and I am certainly no expert on diversion, student shennanigans or other aspects of this situation.
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Diversion isn't just available for students or people with future careers. Lots of people get it for first offenses.
I agree people get diversion across the board. Just not equally by arguing that their future employment is jeopardised. I don't think it's contentious to say that the "justice" system treats some careers like they count more than others.
An equivalent might be the way high profile sportsmen seem to be immune from punishment for assault.
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they should be additionally punished because they are students
I understand that there are conditions of membership at Otago University. The Police do not control what those are.
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