Posts by Rich of Observationz
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isn't [it] really really rude that they have special allowances for the RWC?
No, that's how it works. If the mainstream establishment want to do something, then it's ok, however much yobbishness and disruption it might involve. Same as All Blacks are allowed to beat people up and get a discharge without conviction and name suppression.
Things might be *slightly* different under left- rather than right- wing politicians, but there's not a lot in it.
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I wonder if it's the Secret Vodafone Data Centre next to the King's Arms that's complaining? Perhaps the operators are being kept awake.
(Maybe Paul Brislen will pop up to deny..)
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... have you thought just how offensive this is
I actually find it quite offensive to claim that having a crack at e.g. South Islanders is the same thing as racism.
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See, the Bavarians have the right approach. They pour the beer, bank the 830 million Euros and don't really care when someone falls under a tram. The S-Bahn is of course designed to suffer minimal impediment from soft liquid-filled objects placed in its path.
I've never heard of the cops in Munich charging groups of punters for drinking in the street. At least, not during Oktoberfest.
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what if historians found out that Auckland in County Durham (where Auckland gets its name) was in fact mispelt and should be Awklund.
Well, actually the English name for Tamaki Makaurau derives from the 2nd Earl of Auckland, whose title in turn comes from West Auckland in the County of Durham.
Further, current historical consensus is that the name "Auckland" was orginally spelt "Alclit" (1).
So there you go. With proper references not from wikipedia and everything.
BTW, your link facility is broken for webarchive references.
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ASBOs, for those who don't follow UK stuff, allow the magistracy to forbid any behaviour they don't like and make it a crime to persist with such activity once warned.
That seems to me to be merely a judicial version of enabling police to order people to desist from a particular activity.
I'd stress that the Undie students aren't really my people. They probably vote tory, watch rugby, and wear blue jeans and polo shirts. However, I believe that tolerance doesn't just extend to people you like or whose ideas and activities you sympathise with.
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Sofie, you picked up on something I was thinking about the arson attack in Christchurch. For those who didn't notice, the mayor said:
"I think, if we're honest, right across the community there was a sense it would happen,"
"One positive thing is that that memorial to murder most foul has been erased.
"I hope this is, perhaps, a turning point.
"We've got to find something positive in all this."He went on to deny that his statements were "condoning arson", but it sure looks like that to me.
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Also, the US is, according to the NZ Herald: "Ready for the John Key show".
I was over there last week, and I did notice this.
People would ask in the street "Hey, you're from that Noo Zeeland. Whaddabout that Donkeey, eh?". LAX has been decorated with banners welcoming him during the brief transit to DC. Pork fat b based non-dairy-creamer has been supplanted by the genuine Fonterra article. Incoming Kiwis would be spared the cavity search, even if they did look a bit hippy. Or brown. Or muslim.
Truly, NZ has arrived on the US stage. They even have the Flight of the Conchords on high rotate on at least one cable access channel. It's only accessible on Air NZ flights and in the Koru lounge at LAX, but hey, it's telly and it's in America!
You still can't get drinkable coffee in 47 of the lower 48 states, though.
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Rugby wise, who was playing and what was the score? I suppose I could look it up, but completeness is good..
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The majority, Rich, don't have your level of anarchistic belief.
Indeed. Fortunately, my belief system doesn't involve the majority being able to impose their will on minorities through state violence.
Not that I have any hopes for the success of anarchism in NZ or anywhere else. Unless and until the (fully tolerated) antisocial activities of the majority damage the ecosystem to the point where current societal models are no longer viable.