Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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I didn't get it there, I don't get it here :) Was there a programme about bras on TVNZ 7 between 10-11?
Yes.
My point being a brickbat to TVNZ7. Internets, sure, but why not air the whole thing on TV?
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Indeed - only caught the first hour...
Yeah - what was with the focus on bras for the second hour?
[hey - I didn't get a bite on the other thread :-) ] -
Why on earth was the second hour all about bras?
:-)
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Not strictly copyright but you could ask about the satire/ridicule limitations on the use of the parliament video.
The limitations they relaxed a couple of weeks back?
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ummm ... im__putation__.
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"That's a really spirited defence Graeme".
Well it wasn't meant to be. It was made in response to this statement:
Franks presumably made that comment when speaking to people who wanted to hear exactly that.
I was disputing this alone. Whatever one might be able to say about what Stephen said, I was disputing the implication that he said it in a cowardly way by saying it only to those who agreed with him. His post indicates that that is not what happened.
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__As Ben pointed out in the DogBitingMen post, the "love my dog" analogy falls apart the moment you observe that you can have your dog put down any time you like. It's just a stupid thing to say.__
Yes, it was. Right up there with 'the Bible says Adam and Eve, not Adam & Steve' and should be treated as such. Franks presumably made that comment when speaking to people who wanted to hear exactly that.
To be fair, analagous arguments get used by different sides on lots of issue all the time. People were comparing dogs to children in support of the anit-smacking bill (and children to wives - um you can't send your wife to the corner either).
And to be fair to Stephen, his post strongly suggests he made the comment in the select committee to people speaking in favour of allowing civil unions (e.g. you've said that love is all you need - what do you say to people who would say that they love their Grandmother, but it's right you can't marry them). And one day, instead of saying sister, or son, or grandmother, as examples of places where love isn't enough, he said dog.
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If it's a rather odd way of making the observation that (as someone interjected) "loving someone" really isn't enough, I'd say he's just stating a fact. You try marrying a first cousin, sibling or someone who is already married.
You can marry a first cousin.
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Welcome back (my 9-5 has kinda gotten in the way too).
Unfortunately, we didn't get freeview until I'd missed a couple of nights of Friday light, and I didn't feel like getting into it late (the Olympics didn't help).
I've been waiting for someone somewhere to rave, however, so thanks :-)
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I would like one of the STV proponents to explain how it would be FUNCTIONALLY any different from FPP : i.e. you would get an absolute majority for National or Labour every time.
No, you wouldn't. STV is proportional (assuming the electorates are reasonably-sized). You're not confusing STV with preferential vote, are you (which is STV but with single-seat electorates)?