Posts by Idiot Savant
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It makes sense in the context of foraging on the serengeti plains for my monkey forebears to see an odd pattern of light and shadow in the grass and instinctively assume TIGER! In that context, scepticism might get you killed....
Wheras nowdays I just see a boot and go "cat"...
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I was rather surprised when someone answered my question "should we be teaching students that light is a particle or a wave?" with a "yes", instead of a "no; we should teach them it's both."
That just shows that you don't understand the meaning of "or".
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Wouldn't it be more relevant to ask: should we teach children that things fall because of gravity, or because God intervenes and makes them fall?
No no no. Is it gravity, or because like elements seek each other, as established by god through Aquinas ripping off Aristotle via Averroes?
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They're not privatising Watercare. Glad to hear it...
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Gareth: And yet they contradict it at the top of that page as well, significantly omitting the term CCO and again stating that it has only been agreed in principle. At the least, its a very sloppy editing job which makes their position uncertain - which doesn't help them.
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BTW, people may be interested in the little table on p. 29 of the government's response. (small picture here) To help with the interpretation, a "CCO" is a "Council Controlled Organization" - a local body SOE. And from the footnote, the omission of that term is not accidental. The upshot: the government is actively considering privatising Auckland's water. They just can't help themselves, can they?
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Gareth: either. But since the power of existing councils will be constrained during the transition period, I doubt they would be permitted by Wellington to reintroduce some democracy into their plan.
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No change to the at-large SuperCouncillors elected by block voting though.
I guess they really do hate democracy, then.
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and then Two wind farm projects mothballed and another goes ahead despite an All Black apparently.
Well, Mt Cass was an environmental dog anyway, while Puketoi has a good chance in the Environment Court.
meanwhile, Central Plains Water has been told to go drown themselves. Score!
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BTW, the Monet exhibition at Te Papa, like quite a few others there, isn't free but it *is* well worth paying to see :-)
Just remember to stand well back.