Posts by ScottY
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It's all a plot by the abortionists!
Let's not be having any more crazy theories and conspiracies.
If Lincoln had just listened to his Secretary of State in 1861 and annexed Mexico, this pandemic wouldn't have happened. Can't have a Mexican flu without a Mexico, can you?
So Abraham Lincoln's to blame for this.
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You, too, may be thinking that even if the client doesn't know what "refute" means, surely his lawyer would.
Ouch!
I have written a few "cease and desist" letters during my legal career, and may once or twice have used the word "refute" when I meant "deny". It seems like almost everyone in the profession does it.
But if I promise never to use "refute" inappropriately again, can I still play here?
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Clearly we are in the first stages of the Rapture. What I want to know is, will my life insurance cover Rapture events?
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Agree. I think the government response here (and, from what I've read, in Canada and the US) has been very sensible - low-level action to reduce risk and possible contact. How that turned into a hysterical media scrum I'm not quite sure.
I agree. We should all just calm down and let this play out before resorting to mass panic.
Wait... what was that? One of my workmates just coughed! OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO DIE!
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Meanwhile, so long as we're talking about history, the top roading police offers describes New Zealand roads as the Killing Fields since having a sense of proportions is obviously not part of the job description.
OMG, disaster has befallen our land! Pol Pot's legacy has spread to our shores, and Stalin's murderers have taken control of Wellington.
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Capitalism/Mactional/The Business Roundtable/EMA/etc have a lot to answer for over this particular behavioural pattern where the 'pillock' with the nasty flu struggles into work.
Yes, comrade, because nobody is ever ill in our planned Socilaist utopia. Now get back to work in your factory before I call the commissars!
I mean, come on, the evil right wing business set does enough ACTUAL bad shit without making them responsible for flu pandemics as well.
I agree - you can't pin this one on the Business Roundtable. Blame the Church!
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I agree that our system fails some people. It isn't perfect, and it never will be. We should always strive to improve it, but any radical departure from the current system is likely to bring its own evils.
That said, I'm not against some forms of restorative justice, or for victims and their families being allowed to have their say. But sentences for serious offences should always be imposed by judges. There are two reasons for this. Firstly a judge is impartial and does not (in theory) have an emotional connection to the victim or the offender. Secondly, judges understand how to apply sentencing guidelines. These guidelines exist to ensure that in most cases we can reasonably predict a sentencing range when someone is found guilty.
Now I know that judges sometimes get it wrong, and that some may be predisposed towards or against certain groups in society. And we've all heard of cases where someone has appeared to walk away from a jail sentence because they were a prominent Rotarian and pillar of the community. As I said, the system ain't perfect, but it seems to work better than most others. We hear occasionally about "bad" sentences, but forget that hundreds of people are before the courts every working day.
Restorative justice can work well where there is a good prospect of rehabilitation, where the offence is minor, or where the offender is young. In these situations the overriding aims must be to ensure the offender recognises the wrong committed, to give "closure" to the victim and to hopefully ensure the offender gets back on the straight and narrow. But I don't think restorative justice would work well for serious offences, where the other factors in sentencing come into play (i.e deterrent and punishment).
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Heh. Story also says attention-starved Lisa Lewis was turfed out for breaching the ambush marketing parts of the event's sponsorship deals. Expecting some very clever attempts from others at the Rugby World Cup.
They will have to be clever because the Government has passed sweeping legislation to make most common forms of ambush marketing during the Rugby World Cup illegal.
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As for work on commission, the Commissioning Rule was being addressed by the previous government; not sure where that is at now.
I know I risk being sucked into the death spiral by being in this thread, but here is where the changes to the Commisioning Rule are at.
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OTOH, last year Kiwiblog just made me mad. The last couple of months I've snuck back, and it's hilarious
I recommend that anyone in need of a laugh goes on and have a look - you're guaranteed to feel better about yourself.
I've been having fun on the Kiwiblog UN racism conference thread pointing out that the "evil" Humans Rights Commission and Race Relations Conciliator were offices established under National governments. The response: well Muldoon and Bolger were obviously lefties.
Indeed.