Posts by Angus Robertson
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Speaker: The Voyage: Full Steam ahead, in reply to Kumara Republic,
In this day and age, it usually takes the form of razor wires, concrete barriers, bulletproof trucks and burly Blackwater personnel. Also, in the event of an actual Mad Max scenario, narcissistic survivalists who refuse to share and collaborate in the long run can only survive by preying on others.
Hear, hear.
The problem is the Western world is attempting to impose its climate change views (from behind its fortressed walls) on the developing world. The West exploits historical inequitable distribution of wealth, it always has. The Wests preferred imposing of emission caps on global warming gases (based on 1990s levels) is a continuation of this exploitation.
In a grossly unfair burden to anyone in the developing world. The West is now suggesting that industrial economic development be restrained, but only after the West has obtained a 1st world lifestyle from the process. Doing so now will mean the developing world has no chance to benefit from similar economic growth. But the arrogant West does not and never will care about the poor of the world.
Western arrogance is climate change policy.
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The criminalisation of victimless crimes seems pretty immoral to me.
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Hard News: The Base, in reply to BenWilson,
As a solution, it is pretty much "let's push the economy into a Great Depression, because after that, things can only get better". Which is true, but it's obviously not the only solution. As a nation which still has actual sovereignty, we could expect more from our leadership than allowing the place to become Third World as an answer to our inability to compete with the Third World.
As a means of operation doesn't MMT mean the same thing "lets devalue our currency to that of the 3rd world, so that we can compete with the 3rd world"?
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Hard News: The Base, in reply to Kiwi Nomad,
A study of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) would actually lead to correctly understanding the economic problems we face and the likely solutions to these problems.
Lots of inflation.
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Hard News: #JohnDotBanks and all, in reply to Russell Brown,
And this seems likely to be the real issue for Key. He can't get rid of Banks as things stand, but Banks' continued presence is going to be poisonous.
John Banks can be got rid of the same way Rodney Hide was removed - by an internal coup within Act forcing his resignation. Then an by-election will be held with National standing on the sidelines again meaning the Act candidate wins.
Don't even need to have a cup of tea.
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Hard News: Really The Blues, in reply to David Cormack,
So true.
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Hard News: Really The Blues, in reply to David Cormack,
Made me laugh.
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Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanterbury!!!
Have waited 15 years for this moment.
Chiefs!
[Edit - see below]
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With the loss of its taboo, sex would actually become less important on a social level. You'd no more use sex to sell a car than you would golf.
They'll be tournaments where you win a luxury SUV for a hole in one.
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In any case, I don't think anyone's arguing that violent bank robberies shouldn't incur high penalties, but rather that the non-violent type should.
Except probably the Howard League for Penal Reform.