Posts by Rogan Polkinghorne
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The world is not a Marvel Comic
If only...Then it'd just be Omega Red vs Captain America, and would be all over in 10-15 pages tops...
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I've always read Naomi Klein's writings out of personal interest, and while she normally raises some valid/interesting points & arguments, you also have to keep a fairly large grain of salt handy...she's working from a pretty obvious agenda on the subjects she discusses (which I find is always strongly apparent), which can overpower her more positive points.
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Happy Birthday RB!
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I have to admit to contributing to WhaleOil's traffic, just because it's good for a laugh..for somebody who rates themselves so highly as a blogger, his invective-laden, poorly punctuated/spelt ramblings would look childish in a Standard 1 creative writing lesson...plus his site looks like my Grandmother designed it.
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Haha that's what I was thinking Simon. Statistic of the day really.
Damaging...probably.
Interesting...definately!
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Hey guys...if you stop responding to the trolling, maybe the troll will go away...
It doesn't happen very often here on P.A, but it makes me glad that I don't read Whaleoil et al on a regular basis, that's for sure! What do you call it when all the comments on a thread are trollish?
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I've often wondered about the legislation regarding abortion...it's always seemed a litlle 'grey' to me at best. Regardless of whether or not the law is being (technically) broken/ignored, it seems to me that the system works pretty well as is?
Does anyone think that this is likely to become a real issue? Personally, I think (or would like to think) that most NZers are reasonable enough to accept that this particular decision is one best made on an individual basis; it's not like you have to have an abortion just because you can...
But being an election year, I get a funny feeling that someone's going to latch onto this and give it more air than it really needs?
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I think it's hilarious Yulia even rated a mention on either of these 2 boards, let alone sparking a flame war/police complaint!
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The whole 'could pay Dot's rent' scenario made me groan out loud in the lunch room this morning...I mean, come on!
I'm sure my landlord spends a shed-load that they could otherwise be spending on the house I live in, but guess what? They don't! Nor do I bemoan the fact they're driving an Audi when the gutters are leaking. It's completely irrelevant to say 'they've spent x which could've bought y instead'...as if HNZ doesn't spend ANYTHING on their houses/tenants. Sure, maybe they could've done it cheaper (but probably not by much), but at the end of the day I think it's almost remarkably cheap!
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I was just going to ask the same question Robyn...it's like adding a hood onto a jumper makes it some kind of magical Fountain of Yoof...
In faaact, I'm seeing a potential market for hoodies, selling them to the very same Elders who are currently tutting into their Earl Grey about the Evil Yoof Hoodie Gangs...they spend $100s/$1,000s on comestics/surgery etc to make them look/feel younger, when all they need is a HOOD...genius.