Posts by ScottY
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Here's what Family Integrity said about Mason last year:
Jimmy Mason was out for a walk with his two boys - Seth, 3yrs and Zach, 2yrs. They were having a great time learning to ride the bikes that they had recieved as an early Christmas present. Making their way along Cashel Mall in Christchurch, they came up to the Bridge of Remembrance.
This magnificent memorial was built as an enduring mark of gratituded to the thousands of young men from Christchurch who selflessly gave their lives to defend our Free Land of New Zealand from the tyranous usurpers, many thousands of miles over the water. They fought and died so that the generations that came after them might live in freedom and without fear of oppression from any government, whether it be their own, or a foreign governement.
As all little boys do, Seth and Zach crouched low over their handlebars, racing down the ramp leading down from the bridge, the path leading around a sharp corner. Seth, one year older than his brother, took the corner nicely. Zach however, struggled to keep control of his bike - and losing control, he smashed into the solid brick construction of the bridge. When his father ran up to assist his 2yr old son, he found him lying on the ground, holding his hand to his eye.
Seth had stopped at the corner. He looked down at his brother, lying on the ground, slipping in and out of conciousness. He saw the concern on his dad’s face, and heard him say “wait Seth, we have to look after Zach”. Whether or not he understood how serious the situation, it was with loving fatherly discipline that Jimmy flicked his son on the ear as he started peddling away.
An off-duty police-officer stood nearby, and she immediately reported the incident. With a few minutes, six uniformed police officers stood around the Man and his two little boys. As Jimmy cradled his injured toddler in his lap, one policemen pulled out his notebook as another pulled out his radio and spoke brusquely to head-office.
One can only imagine how scared the two little boys must have been, and the terrifying thoughts rushing through their dad’s head. How was he going to tell his wife that their children were going to be put into a foster-home?…
Seth and Zach are now confused, because they know that their daddy who they love is in trouble with the police. Jimmy is angry because he now has a warning on his record, and CYFS will be faster than ever to remove his children from him and his wife if they hear the slightest little thing.
I'm looking forward to hearing Family Integrity's latest view of Mason's "loving fatherly discipline".
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Bob McCoskrie a year ago:
Family First national director Bob McCoskrie was astounded to be told Mason had been charged. "That's amazing," he said. "That's going to be a test case. I think everybody has been waiting for a case like this to go before a judge so we can get a new interpretation of the law.
Bob McCoskrie yesterday:
As the police and judge have reiterated, this case has nothing to do with the anti-smacking law as was previously suggested in media reports", said Family First's National Director, Bob McCoskrie.
Some people just don't know when to shut up and take their medicine.
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ScottY if you want to read the most killer work ever on the very weird dynamics of belief itself then check/loan out asap my man Jean Pierre Dupuy's "Self-Deception and the Paradoxes of Rationality" (1998) )
No offence intended, but I can't ever imagine myself reading a book with a title like that.
But if you can promise me a cracking good read (i.e. a gunfight or two, a car chase and a few villains) then maybe....
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The lottery analogy is a good one.
I may be convinced that I hold the winning ticket for this Saturday's Powerball. I may have an unquestioning belief that I will win.
Meanwhile someone who holds a different ticket holds an unquestioning belief that he/she will win.
Someone has to be wrong. Suppose it's me? Or (more likely) both of us?
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the fantasy of so many nz'ers that religion is 'used to suppress thought' is highly amusing, to say the least!
Welcome back, pfj. I wondered when you'd show up.
No, religion doesn't suppress all thought. The absolute unquestioning belief that a divine being rules our lives, despite the absence of any evidence to prove it, is a form of thought after all.
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Frankly someone that has seen their fair share of "non-standard" family arrangements could possibly expect greatersupport from me for that role.
I agree. If Rankin hadn't been so opinionated we'd probably all be saying she had lots of useful life experience to offer.
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I agree with Gareth's "ick" sentiment. There may be some legitimacy in efforts to expose Rankin's hypocrisy, especially when she has hectored others about their own private lives. But the news media has gone way too far on this one.
Thankfully there is still comedy in the whole affair. Like when Rankin said this about Phil Goff:
Oh what a lefty he is.
That will no doubt surprise many in Labour.
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Man, is there some kind of sinister Dancing with the Stars conspiracy afoot in this country, or what?
And Jason Gunn's the ringleader. Call the militia out! Democracy is under attack!
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Craig, Rankin has made a career in recent years of telling others how they should live their lives. So a public inspection of her own personal life was always inevitable.
However, there's a line the media shouldn't cross. The Sunday News and HOS crossed that line and then kept on running.
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The Sunday News stoops to a new low:
During the week of McAuley's funeral, Sunday News telephoned Rankin and MacIntyre to inquire whether they were in a relationship.
Dear God... I almost feel sorry for the pair now.