Posts by Russell Brown
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This just in from Sarah Aspinwall at Canterbury Cheesemongers:
our UK cheese imports (incl Shropshire Blue) are available in Wellington at Kirkcaldie and Stains.
You can get some on the way home, Che.
Che? Che? Are you there?
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It would also be 'bold' to suggest all Maori who are homosexual, infertile or use contraception, intellectually disabled, born with genetic defects etc. should be put down in a 'culturally appropriate' manner because they're contributing sweet f.a. to the racial gene pool. It would also be demented and creepy on almost every level imaginable.
Craig, it'd be quite good fun to see you in a public debate with Ms Turia ...
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i'm not entirely comfortable with this thread... and so am exercising my right to stop reading.
You've gone back to look at that picture of the Shropshire, haven't you?
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I predict that demographic changes will see more New Zealanders reconnecting with their curmudgeon heritage. Does anyone know where I can get lessons in the language?
Ageing journalists are generally regarded as having the best grasp of it. I personally owe everything to Tom Frewen.
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Hi Denise,
Russell, I'd be interested to know your source for this.
I hadn't looked at the most recent numbers, but I referred to a post last year, which said:
Before we depart this topic, it's worth noting that New Zealand's record in reducing sexual offending by more conventional means is actually very good. Our rate of sexual offending is lower than most comparable jurisdictions (the rate of forcible rape is half that in the US) and, at the same time as the likelihood of reporting has considerably increased, reported offences have fallen steadily. No Right Turn pointed out that five years ago, sexual offending was 25% higher than it is now.
http://publicaddress.net/default,1246.sm
I think this is the study I was referring to at the time:
Over recent years, the number of sexual offences recorded by the Police has decreased. Between 1996 and 2005, the total number of sexual offences decreased by 13 percent, from 3,780 to 3,271. Over the 10-year period, the overall sexual offence rate varied between a high of 10.1 per 10,000 population in 1996 and a low of 7.6 per 10,000 population in 2004.
I think that the fact that the raw number of offences decreased over that time while the population increased, and while the rate of reporting almost certainly increased, is evidence of an improving trend. The numbers you have provided on the age of victims are, naturally, appalling.
NB: The figures quoted above are police ones. It's probably worth noting that the MOJ and the police count offences slightly differently. The MOJ counts sexual offences "with a high degree of intimidation" as violent offences, while the police put all sexual offences in a separate category, which may account for any discrepancy.
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food porn.
Wait till you actually put some in your mouth ...
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Business-as-usual violence is just the same. I don't condemn it because I don't think it promotes violence. It just hooks into the violent streak latent in many of us, and titivates it.
I've actually come to the surprising conclusion that my boys cope with violence in games and videos (they don't get R18 of anything, but the older one can now legitimately go to R16 movies if he wants) quite well - they know it's not real, and they're less creeped out by horror movies than their parents are.
OTOH, I'm still inclined to shelter them from more significant sexual content. The younger one in particular is uncomfortable with it and it's harder for them to abstract into mere spectacle.
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and word on whether that cheesemaker sends his product to other cities?
No e-comm, but you can place mail-orders here:
http://www.cheesemongers.co.nz/mailorder.asp
The Shropshire is pictured top-left here:
http://www.cheesemongers.co.nz/cheese.asp
It looks bitchin', does it not?
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i'd also like to see a 5-page discussion of business-as-usual violence on tv and in film. i've had sex. i've never laid a finger on anyone in anger.
Because that finger's strictly for lovin'?
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- I like it neat. You don't get pished as quickly.
You need to get over that. The premium bottlings often come at a cask strength of up to 60% now. You need to add anything from a couple of drops to another 50% good water to appreciate them, although it's fine to do your nosing neat.
- I like it warm. You can taste it (n.b. if anything tastes bad, serve it cold. Like SplioDB. Or Chardonnay.)
Something I learned: when you add the right quanity of water you can trigger a chemical reaction that actually warms up the whisky in your glass.
- I like it single and not too peaty. In other words, I now have expensive taste.
Yes. When you look down your nose at a $100 bottle you know you have a problem.
- I haven't touched it for years. Becuase a bottle can so easily evaporate.
It evaporates at a rate determined by the variable "x", where "x" is the number of friends you have around ...
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