Posts by Russell Brown
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Access: The Meltdown, in reply to Hilary Stace,
I suspect a meltdown and an unsympathetic/uncaring workplace is behind this sad story.
As much as my son wants more work, I do worry about him going into a workplace I don't know and trust. It's really easy for this to happen.
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Access: The Meltdown, in reply to Sacha,
or when something seems fundamentally unjust
Yup, we've seen that be a factor.
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Speaker: Talking past each other:…, in reply to Danielle,
Asking people to care more deeply for children’s mental wellbeing, so that their physical wellbeing can be improved? I mean, hold the fuck up. You’re giving me shit for my own COMPASSION?
No, I'm not. I've acknowledged what you've said. But I honestly was worried you'd have a go at me.
I hope you picked up that I was concerned about children too.
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Access: The Meltdown, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
We have had our own encounter with an angel moonlighting as an Auckland bus driver.
I hung out with some bus drivers recently. They were totally cool :-)
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Speaker: Talking past each other:…, in reply to Danielle,
Obesity doesn’t make you stupid, but because the obese are being treated as a doomed social blight instead of people, they are depressed and their cognition is therefore poorer.
I was concerned that you'd respond by accusing me of saying "Fat people are stupid," so I'm happy (well, relieved) with this response.
I would note that all the linked papers propose pathological and physiological causes in some detail. This, of course, does not mean that the psychological factors you cite aren't at play, but I'd be surprised if they could account for the strong association with Alzheimer's.
I don't think there's anything wrong with worrying about what the research indicates, or hoping that the diets of children improve.
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Speaker: Talking past each other:…, in reply to giovanni tiso,
The sugar tax is popular among conservative politicians
Really? It’s been dismissed by John Key, opposed by Katherine Rich and notoriously and dirtily campaigned against by Carrick Graham and friends.
Which conservative politicians in New Zealand can you name as supportive of a sugar tax?
Green Party health spokesman Kevin Hague said awareness and industry initiatives were clearly not enough to combat obesity.
He compared the approach to obesity to smoking, for which the Government had aggressively lifted prices and limited marketing.
As I said, I have strong doubts about the merit of a sugar tax, but you’re making a very dubious claim here.
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One of the Susan Boyle news reports used the word "tantrum", which, to put it mildly, annoyed me.
A MELTDOWN IS NOT A TANTRUM, HOWEVER MUCH IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE ONE
A tantrum is deliberate. If you have seen your own child (in this case, our younger son) looking out from a meltdown, scared of what's happening, and gradually learning some ways to deal with it, you'll understand that.
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Speaker: Talking past each other:…, in reply to Rebecca Gray,
Thing is, people HAVE actually been making some very worthwhile points among the rest of that noise. And some of those points only seem to be at cross-purposes because the commentators are concentrating on different sides to the issue or different terminology for similar issues.
Thanks Rebecca. We'll have you back :-)
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Speaker: Talking past each other:…, in reply to Carol Stewart,
This also seems like a good approach.
Nice. I'm (trying) to write something that covers a similar approach to drug policy, per Tuari Potiki's UN speech.
Papa Nahi, who was on our show this week talking about drug policy, is also quoted in this story on an initiative by a Ngāti Whātua sports club to stop offering sugary drinks at its clubrooms. Simple, community-driven.
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Access: The Meltdown, in reply to Hilary Stace,
If there is a next time for your son to visit Wellington I could ask mine to act as tour guide, including the best places to go by public transport.
Sounds good to me :-)
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