Posts by dc_red
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Back in 2003 there was a move by local residents and developers to bulldoze the dunes along Christchurch's Brighton-North Beach foreshore in order to 'enhance' the area.
Yes, because that worked a treat at Omaha.
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I for one can't wait for the Herald's inevitable "You're Vuze on What Should be Dun About All These Sunami's"
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If noise and social mayhem are the problem, might I suggest legalizing a mellow alternative? More sitting around watching music videos and playing Trivial Pursuit; less aggravated robbery and yahoo-ing in the street at 3AM?
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The great thing about the whole proposal was how hilariously out of keeping it was with the entire public ethos of the country's ascendant political right. The sworn opponents of red tape and nanny state introducing a policy proposal that contributed significantly to both. Throw in the fact that Hide's SuperCity is almost certain to involve higher rates (aka taxes) and you've got the trifecta.
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Your first entry is the LA airport hell experience
Thank Christ for Air NZ's direct Vancouver-Auckand route, I say (there's a reason they marketed it on the basis of avoiding US Customs and Immigration).
Even if one enters through San Fran or Honolulu there's the animosity from Customs, plus the finger-printing and photographing, and the green form questioning about moral turpitude.
How I would love for more countries to adopt the Brazilian approach and impose some reciprocity on American travellers.
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Good question, DeepRed.
I got the sense, in Dunedin, that the Brits (at least the white ones) continue to be welcomed with open arms, while the Americans (and by extension anyone perceived as American) are to be snarled at.
This was during the early-to-middle part of the Iraq War, which probably exacerbated anti-Americanism in New Zealand, but strangely led to no apparent ill-will towards Brits or Ozis, despite their thorough-going involvement in the Coalition of the Damned.
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What about the snarls (and constant reminders of negative - rather than exotic - foreignness) elsewhere in the country, though?
I'm happy to report no such negativity in Canada - people are generally just happy if you can speak and understand English (or French, as geographically appropriate).
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Your Views bleaters complaining about "Crimz having two many rightz in Nieu Zild!" would do well from reading Keith's latest post on the prison population. Their love of tax cuts is ill-matched with their love of incarceration.
I miss the friendly culture, the laidback life.
I'll give you laidback, but I'm not too sure about the friendly culture. Ask a recent migrant from Asia, or even a 'white' migrant with an 'American' accent (real or perceived), just how friendly the place is, and I'm not convinced you'd get many positive responses.
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they could stay open until 12pm.
Sweet as. That's an extra 13 hours.
Forcing off-licences, including supermarkets, to close at 10pm is a wildly good idea.
I don't really see how it's anyone else's business if I want to buy a six pack or a bottle of wine at 10.05pm. Or at any other time of day for that matter.
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Well that's obviously the reason for our low productivity and lack of ambition then. No need to improve management skills or any of that socialist fluff.
If I read Kiwiblog correctly, it's because 4 out of 5 teenage girls prefer to get pregnant and stay home "living the life" on the DPB. The rest of us are prohibitively taxed to support such largesse. Ergo, there's no point working.
Or something like that.
On another note, the Canadian Tories' love of self-promotion is something to behold.