Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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Graeme: Would you be of a mind to provide a precis of the progress of the matter through the Courts? I note the settlement was described as 'out-of-court' and that I can find only a few references online to Court proceedings.
The civil action for damages really never got much of a go in court. It was filed, and there were case management and settlement conferences - decisions about things like discovery (it was filed so long ago that the automatic rules around discovery weren't in place at the time), but nothing all that substantive. The greatest issue I think there was that was actually litigated was an application by the Crown to have Tony Ellis and Antony Shaw (the two lawyers doing most of the work) forbidden from representing the student protesters because they were potential witnesses for part of it.
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I am amazed by the number of women I have discussed this sorry affair with who feel sorry for Mr Veitch. "if he wasn't a TV personality he would not be treated like this.." Sorry but WTF?! He broke her back...! Is it just a coincidence that I mix with the wrong women (quite possible) or am I missing something here.
Name another person who broke their partner's back in a bout of domestic violence over the last, I don't know, five years. I very much doubt Veitch was the only one, but he's certainly the only one I can name; and I would guess that this is what your friends are getting at. If this wasn't Veitch it wouldn't be news, as sad as that might be.
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So it's not "Orange Election Man", it's the non-gendered "Orange Elector". Ah.
I'm pretty sure it's both. And Orange Guy, or Orange Elections Guy.
And occasionally something like Schachengrubensteinowitz.
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And hands up who has never been to a festival film...
I keep meaning to go :-)
Although I did once see a film festival film a couple of weeks before it arrived for the festival by watching it on TV1 one ad-free Sunday morning.
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One is the 'role model' argument. That our sports figures are role models, especially for children. They just ain't!
I like your argument, but I'm not sure it works. Role models are those whom others (incl. children) model themselves on. Maybe sports figures shouldn't be role models, but that's a different matter from whether they are.
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Oops. Mis-thread.
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One is the 'role model' argument. That our sports figures are role models, especially for children. They just ain't!
I like your argument, but I'm not sure it works. Role models are those whom others (incl. children) model themselves on. Maybe sports figures shouldn't be role models, but that's a different matter from whether they are.
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... if you look at the legislation that governs censorship in New Zealand, nowhere is child pornography separated from other objectionable material.
I refer you to section 132A.
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Those AFL pitches are huge. If only I could work out what they're doing on them...
Saw my first live AFL game about a month. It's a much better spectator event for newbies than I imagine rugby or league would be:
They kick the ball down the field. If they catch it they get a free kick. If they can kick it between between the middle posts for six points, or the outside posts for 1 point. The rest isn't really important for a spectator.
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("I read it on a blog" doesn't cut much mustard)
Is "I read it in the Herald" better?
[I suspect there will be some debate :-) ]