Posts by Kracklite
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Listen to the fool's tirade. It is a Kingly honour.
--Blake, Proverbs of Hell
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t might surprise Kracklite that getting his one vote on 26 November is not more important than that of any of the other 3 or so million voters in NZ. The left is about collective struggle to improve the lot of the less powerful, as well as society in general, not individualism.
Thank you Hilary for your patronising sneers and disingenuous diversions, which I have come to expect, but get this:
IT IS NOT ABOUT MY FUCKING INDIVIDUAL VOTE.
You might note that I have not made this about autism – you have. By implication, you suggest that a focus on autism, that you have concocted, invalidates any discussion of this in the superior interests of some vague strategy of gaining power in November. Lovely.
Its is about the rights of all of us. It is about the rights of all of us not to be subject to intimidation under the cover of authority. It is about an alleged “opposition” that finds populism an easy strategy.
I’d like to see a party that stands up for universal democratic principles.
Is that “individualism”?
As Hilary notes, Grant Robertson walks the walk on autism issues. He’s for real.
Unfortunately, he’s been let down by his leader’s peculiar talent for stumbling onto the wrong side of moral and political issues.
Sorry Russel, that may be so, but so far, I’ve heard not a peep of follow-up from him and I’m not sure if he really is walking the walk.
… and if it is about “individualism”, then obviously Hilary considers me expendible in the name of class war. Thank you very much for that clarification. I really do feel a Godwin coming on, or at least a Niemöller.
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Sacha,
Yes indeed, and it's likely that I'll be taking them... and it's not just because of this one issue. It's less "I am outraged!" than "Oh no, not again."
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Bugger! Misplaced apostrophe!
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Kracklite,
Follow up:
Dear Mr Robertson,
I was intrigued by your comments on Red Alert regarding the case of Cornelius Arie Smith-Voorkamp:
"it disturbs me deeply, and I want it investigated."
I believe that the right to fair and just treatment whilst in the custody of police is fundamental to the functioning of a democratic society.
I am also concerned by Phil Goff's intemperate remarks on what he "jokingly" thought to be appropriate treatment for alleged looters and I am particularly offended by Michael Law's demagoguery in the Sunday Star Times.
You sentiments are praiseworthy, but I would like to know what action you intend to take. I await follow-up and I will be making your reply to me known to people who might consider voting for Labour in the upcoming General Election. I was very disappointed in the last Labour-led government's support for civil liberties and I hope for a more serious commitment in any future administration.
I will be very interested in your reply, and in your subsequent actions and statements on Labour Party policy relating to police conduct.
Thank you,
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Stephen Judd,
I will be.
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Hilary Stace,
But bullies must be held accountable, particularly when their victims are not in a position to stand up for themselves.
I'm glad that you agree with me.
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
the previous Labour Government (like their British counterpart) where quite happy to subject civil liberties to the death of a thousand cuts.
Oh Craig, I am very well aware of that, and Goff's role, hence my fury. I should be a natural Labour voter, but seeing the behaviour of that smug bastard during the Ahmed Zaoui affair, and the insult to the intelligence of the New Zealand public ("now don't you worry your pretty little heads about it, we know best"), knowing first hand what abuse of authority means, seeing the injuries caused to my friends by thugs in blue during peaceful demonstrations... well, the answer to Juvenal's question should be simple and unambiguous, but it now seems sadly ironic.
I should vote Labour, liberal middle-class academic intellectual that I am... but I won't. I'll stick to my stereotype and be passive when it comes to the crunch - that is, I've a lot of good books at home and I'll be looking for a good one to read come election day. If they want my vote, then they can bloody well work for it, and if they want "Waitakere Man's" vote, then they're welcome to it.
Again, hello Grant Robertson! Do you know who your constituents are? It'll need more than a few remarks on Beige Alert.
I’m actually a little surprised something like that gets published on the op-ed page of a national newspaper. David Kemeys, you are actually responsible for the content of your paper.
Putting on my Pollyanna hat (and dress), I'm hoping that if that is associated with Lhaws, then that stance is going to be identified also with a fringe position that no one in a position of power can afford to be seen to be too close to it. Oh look! A unicorn! And some butterflies!
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Kracklite,
(and by the way, I have put my money where my mouth is. It cost me severely in years and health, it paid me five figures and I don't regret it for an instant... and Massey University are bastards... just sayin')
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
That, frankly, is a despicable misrepresentation and trivialisation. If Labour does not stand up for habeus corpus, then we all are pawns in their game of power-seeking.