Posts by DPF
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Craig: I have commented just twice in the thread on the the issue of The Standard's lack of disclosure, with a gentle suggestion to Tane that voluntary disclosure at the time they accepted the hosting may have been desirable.
And off memory I have only twice posted about KBB, once being to point out I was actually defending the Govt when they accused me of spinning Nat Party lines. To suggest I spend all my day picking fights with them is ridicolous. I in fact ignore 95% of what they throw at me.
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Paul: To my immense surprise the comment above appeared as user:whaleoil instead of as user:dpf. I have absolutely no idea how or why but checking the page I then saw somehow I was logged in as whaleoil.
Now before anyone asks, no I am not pretending to be Cameron, and have never posted as him (or in fact as anyone but myself on any political blog). I am absolutely bemused as to how my laptop logged me in as whaleoil.
All I can think, is that possible Cameron once logged in from this laptop, and a cookie remembered his details. But the last time Cameron used my laptop (going off memory) was the local body election night in October.
I would have though I would have commented on PA since then (maybe someone can check), and I would be surprised that the laptop would remember a username for so long without requiring a new password. I've also checked my username/password masterlist in Firefox and the only PA accounts listed there are dpf and dpfdpf.
It is quite baffling to me how it happened, and I am 1000% happy for anyone from the PA crew to check the technical logs and reveal IP addresses, when the user logged in etc etc.
Anyway, that above comment Paul may make more sense when you realise it was from me.
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Cameron says at http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/01/herald_on_effects_of_electoral_finance_act.html#comment-391535 what his role is. And while his father is of course a former Party President, Cameron as far as I know has never even been a member.
And incidentially I support the rights of bloggers to stay anonymous. I just think the law is inconsistent and worse of all it is not an error as an amendment extending the blog exemption to all non commercial speech on the Internet was voted down.
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Keith - I take it you believe anonymous political blogs such as The Standard should be banned. I mean how can you advocate that Andy Moore has to put his name and home address on his $5 personal website which advocates against Labour as essential transparency, yet not apply the same standard to blogs?
Do you really think transparency should depend on whether or not a website uses blog technology or not?
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A really entertaining first post. I hope it isn't the last.
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The trophy is safe Russell. :-)
And well done for a damn good night.
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Ha ha ha - that's hilarious. I can just imagine how it looked on people's Facebook threads.
My leaving was more on grounds of factual accuracy than political expediency but I can very much appreciate the smile on Russell's face when he saw it.
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Actually I made around 20 pages of suggested improvements to the select committee. Some taken up, some not. I really didn't expect them to make changes such as the megaphone clause to make it worse - I mean erally what was the need?
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Russell - you still don't get it. Even if the megaphone costs $1 or was borrowed it now counts as an election advertisement if you chant into it "Down with National".
In a protest march against National, every placard has to have a name and address on it. If you speak into the megaphone (even to lead a chant) you need to give your name and home address.
But hey if that doesn't bother you, I don't know what will.
I just hope Public Address qualifies as a non commercial blog because if not goodbye to anonymous comments.
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One should read the bill, not the PR exercise known as the report which has no status in law.
The bill actually extends the definition of publishing to include using a meagphone on a protest march. And this is not an accident - it is clear is is deliberate. If you shout "Down with National" into a megaphone you need to also shout your name and home address. And all the placards also need your name and address on them.
Also if you have gotten used to making comments under an alias on the Internet - forget it. Unless the comment is on a non-commercial blog (ie not Usenet) then it also needs your name and address if you advocate for or against a party next year.
This amended bill is a perfect example of why one should not rush these things.