Posts by philipmatthews

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  • Field Theory: Though I never liked how…,

    Sadly the song for a Clinton winner -- in 1992 anyway -- was Fleetwood Mac's Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow.

    Maybe we should have got the Feelers to cover this ...

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • Hard News: A revolting piece of shit,

    I'm still in this bind. Watching it is against the best advice of 100% of people on this thread. And yet here you all are discussing it...

    I suggest you watch it, Ben. It isn't going to do you irreparable psychic damage.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • Up Front: Who's Dreaming Now?,

    Red meat for "hard-working mainstream" New Zillunders too misinformed to realise who's actually dicking them over.

    Or, in what might be the year's most infamous political quote:

    Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says she thinks it is a discrimination that most New Zealanders will see as fair and reasonable.

    Along those lines, I really liked this comment in DimPost the other day:

    I put up a sign at my motel saying “No Irish No Dogs No Blacks”. After some focus groups and a bit of polling, I twinked out “No dogs”.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • Hard News: A revolting piece of shit,

    Also her music is not very good, which doesn't help her cause.

    Come on! Bad Romance is killer.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • Hard News: Sweet Rocksteady,

    Thanks Jolisa -- one of the funniest things I've read in ages.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Dear Gerry,

    Kiwi humour 101:

    Make jokes about prison sex after 10pm and you get pinged by the BSA.

    Describe people as freaks, mad and schizos on Breakfast TV and you're fine.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • Hard News: Still crazy after all these years,

    I'm reminded of Liam Ashley and how that turned out when his parents though it was a good idea to educate him first hand on prison...wasn't he ASD ?

    Was ADHD, which sometimes overlaps with ASD.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • Field Theory: A post about art (sort of),

    As I don't have to live with it every day, I don't have strong opinions. It's one for the ratepayers of Wellington. But if they were thinking of sticking it at the corner of, say, High Street and Colombo Street in Chch, I'd probably put dynamite under it.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • Field Theory: A post about art (sort of),

    Thanks William. Now, I wonder what Henry Fuseli and Dante Gabriel Rossetti make of it.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

  • Hard News: Still crazy after all these years,

    My argument is that the news media contributes to the nasty situation through the way it reports his actions.

    Watching that Campbell Live item this week, I wondered: does everyone who doesn't show up for a court appearance in NZ get a visit from a TV3 presenter and a camera operator or just those who we have decided are our celebrity monsters?

    That seems like the key to Martin's post to me, not the issue of how many pseudonyms Robbie Siataga has.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2007 • 656 posts Report

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