Posts by Sacha
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Guarantee most of the public hearing the figure of 24% Asian voters in Mt Albert will not be picturing any of them as Indians.
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Michael, it might be fine if we also got any sense in our media that the finer grained distinctions existed and meant anything. Not a lot in common between an Indian and an Indonesian. Both "Asian" the way we count it.
And just whose responsibility do you think it is to be aware of that, if not those who set public agendas, including media and politicians?
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Surely a positive benefit of having sensible recreational substance laws would be that the police could divert their limited resources into investigating people who actually pose a risk of visiting real to others in their community ?
Hard to argue with that. The only trouble I've ever seen stoners cause is cleaning out all snack supplies. Decriminalising would remove the association with bad people and gangs who deal. No links to hand, but I recall it's been established well enough somewhere. Just politcally unpalatable to implement yet.
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Time stands still.
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Those cops clearly don't know what they're doing. Just as well simple Grantie knows where it's at. Imagine how much better the world would be if we only saw sense and put him in charge.
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It can produce affordable housing in the form of slum suburbs. Hardly original.
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Are you armed?
Only with the tiniest water pistol..
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Craig, that certainly doesn't sound kosher.
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The ultimate relevant example of transport nimbyism was the proposed Eastern motorway that offended the good folk of Hobson Bay last time C&R were in power.
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O'Connor is completely aware of that fact
Which makes his advocacy all the more cynically distasteful.
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