Posts by Euan Mason
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Up Front: Hitting That, in reply to Emma Hart,
Yes, you are right, of course. Most of those haven't been issues for me. A good friend recently revealed how she'd had to leave home at 17 and hasn't been spoken to by her Dad since cos he can't handle his daughter being gay. She's a strong woman.
Take care,
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OK, I admit it. I'm a heterosexual male who values monogamy. Statistically, I would guess I'm one of the privileged, although it doesn't always feel like that. All I'd ask from a potential lover is honesty so that we don't get our wires crossed after commitments have been made or implied. Anyway, great post Emma. It offers insight to all of us, whatever our preferences.
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The sensible sentencing trust feeds on people's fears. We need to transform their fears of offenders into a fear of inadequate rehabilitation. Only then will really sensible, and affordable strategies be adopted for dealing with law breakers.
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Irrespective of whether it was worth something to the station, Key got free radio time; something his party would normally pay for. After all, companies don't donate to the National Party out of the goodness of their hearts. They clearly expect a policy return, yet what they pay is a donation.
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Hard News: Time to move on, in reply to 3410,
"Presumably the pun is meant to fit the crime"
[retires] :)
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"So where do we draw the line?"
Some principles apply here:
1. If a person provides personal information to an agent that is supposed to be acting on their behalf, then that agent has a responsibility to protect their privacy.
2. If someone says or does something in public that later proves to be embarrassing, then they have themselves to blame (Key's "cup of tea" is a case in point).
3. In some cases, public interest may over-ride principle 1, for instance see the whistle blower legislation that many countries have adopted, contempt of court legislation, or distinctions between "public" and "private" individuals.Paula Bennett may have thought she was applying principle 3, but in this case misjudged badly. Whale oil would find himself on the sharp end of a law suit in some countries, as would the POAL. Perhaps we should allow that here. The ACC stuffed up releasing the list of names, but may be in the clear WRT Pullar if there is evidence that she attempted to pressure the ACC by threatening to release the list. In the absence of such evidence, the ACC is further in the pooh and really heads should roll.
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Hard News: Time to move on, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
evidence about someone else's napalm proclivities would be unnecessarily inflammatory.
Great pun!
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It's very difficult to gather enough reliable information to form an opinion on this, but it seems clear that this is a battle in a larger war, and that it could very easily turn to custard for current political incumbents.
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Tony Ryall claimed that “all successful companies” make commitments to social responsibility. So we'll see these oligarchic power companies holding prices down for kiwi Mum & Dad non-investors at the expense of their private owners. Yeah, right.
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Yes. Absolutely agree. Appalling that Lockwood would prevaricate about this.