Posts by Martin Connelly
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I thought John Key did a good job last night . And whats the point about complaining that he might have had some training - are you trying to claim John Campbell has had none? His main advantage, though, - IMHO - was that Key exposed the fact that Campbelllive and gone a long way past finding out and checking, and have been playing a political game of their own. Will be interesting to see how/if John Campbell can recover?
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Is there a transcript of Thomas Beagle's answer to the "what if there is a bomb" question
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The homophobes at Eden park represent one side of how civility and politeness have declined in this country. The language you use in this post is just as bad.
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A great article. The only bit I disagree with is that Auckland is a beautiful city. It has some nice parts but as a city it is a mess and large parts of its retail areas are almost slum like. And part of the problem with getting some sort of area wider agreement, I suspect, is that people in one part of Auckland have little in common (and little sympathy for) people in other parts because the different shires that make up Auckland barely know each other
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Good article. Thanks
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A really excellent article. Thanks
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I am interested to know - if he asked for anonymity - why did you name him?
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Freedom of speech is a very precious right, and one that is always under threat. The fact that I might not like what someone says, seems to me to be much less important than their right to express it. I see parallels with banning gang patches. As it happens they offend me too, but I get over it. But it would offend me more if I had to live in a country where govts determine what I wear or what I say. And while censorship might not be the only enemy of free speech, I cannot think of any others!!