Posts by linger
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Field Theory: It's about time, in reply to Peter Darlington,
—not West Ham, then?
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Hard News: On youthful indiscretions, in reply to Grant McDougall,
Obvious difference being, Muldoon didn’t get that nickname by being accused of sticking any part of his anatomy inside any part of a pig’s carcass. It’s not the name that's important, it’s the story behind it.
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Access: Safe schools for everyone, in reply to ,
Which is to say, the total number of people affected by any one of these conditions will be somewhat less than the sum of the three totals. But since these estimated totals are ballpark figures, and probably conservative underestimates, and any one of those figures would justify a report, it shouldn't affect the strength of the case.
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Hard News: The positive option of Red Peak, in reply to Bart Janssen,
A national mood crystal? (Goes all black when the All Blacks lose...)
... Looking over Carol Green's long list linked to by Lilith upthread, there were at least 10 designs already submitted that were
very obviously better than 35 of the 40 on the long list
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Field Theory: It's about time, in reply to Maz,
Shoo-in for the next leader of National, then?
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Hard News: On youthful indiscretions, in reply to ,
words like sizzled are about to enter these forums […]. Plus, it’s going to get harder […] to figure out who is telling true porkys
You mean like: – Dis sizzle ’bout ta get real, yo ’fukkaz! ?
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Sometimes it’s hard to see the humour
when you’ve got a thing about language :-/ -
Polity: Refugees and aid - we’re laggards, in reply to Amy Gale,
I suspect the assignment was something like “join an online argument”, rather than anything going more directly against the institutional code of conduct; but it would have been nice if they’d also provided some clear guidelines for what constitutes a constructive argument, and it would have been even better if their tutors had helped provide moderation. I don’t necessarily blame the students, but there’s been a failure of oversight in setting them loose here. There are strict ethical guidelines for community-based fieldwork, and those should apply to online communities too.
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They’re basically just accepting a pig in a poke, too...
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Polity: Refugees and aid - we’re laggards, in reply to ,
But isn’t it wonderful to suddenly have so many newly-registered first-time posters? (The irony of not feeling automatically able to welcome them all, on this thread especially, is not lost on me. Post-Troll Suspicion Disorder, eh.)