Posts by dcnbwz
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It's a strong statement, but that doesn't make it true
Er. That was meant to say less true
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The people organising and participating in these rounds of rioting simply don't care. They're here to loot, have a buzz, and smash things. To quote someone else not from this blog, "a lot of them want the life of girls, money, cars without having to break a sweat". It's a strong statement, but that doesn't make it true. It's also no coincidence that this is happening in the school holidays.
It's been a thin veneer for a while now, small groups of kids pretty much lawless but not in the mainstream eye. Something obviously clicked that they could do what they wanted and get away with it. Which is now happening.
There are conditions here that have allowed at least two generations to grow up outside of (another borrowed term I like) "the social contract"....when people ask where are the parents, it might be that they don't care, that they do care but can't stop their kids, or simply that they're part of it too. I don't know.
These kids have no empathy. They appear to be nihilistic. And they don't care. Not all I know, but a fair few I would guess. And you have to look at how they have grown into this. A complex answer, not least the conditions some, if not all have to endure. Some will be down to upbringing, a majority down to peer pressure.
How do you turn this around? And what's next? This is not a society any of us (and I'm sure if the looters could be turned around they would agree) wants. In fact it's the lack of a society which makes it all the more frightening, that and the speed at which it happened.
I nervously await tonight, and am hating it. It's worth noting that similar conditions exist in Auckland and other centres in New Zealand - the poverty and wealth gap must be addressed now.
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privatisation is about making a profit. There is already some horrendous examples (california for one) where prisons are full of people who should not even be there.
Fundamentally - this is not an industry. This is not a business.
Yet we're sleepwalking towards it all over again.
Private run prisons NEED inmates. No second guessing where the laws come from.
Please let's not be so naive here. Or maybe I am.
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my take. If it's mentioned then they're worried. As most major parties have been for quite a while.
MMP is the best thing that's happened to nz for ages in terms of democracy. It's still been hijacked along the way, but it's way better than fpp.