Posts by mark taslov
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There is a lot of anger towards these morons in this thread. I certainly have no interest in defending their actions - let the police/prosecutors/courts deal with them.
Yeah, I can't for the life of me figure out where an urge to run riot against a society such as this would come from...
Not that I condone any of this or would so much as partake in the odd riot passing by my window, but I'm equally staggered by the punitiveness of the judgementals.
Firstly;
I stand by my view that they should be expelled until such time that they can re-enter Varsity as adult students.
Reminds me how the first universities in western Europe were developed under the aegis of the Catholic Church. Thankfully the concept graduated to one of research, non-secular education and (eek) enlightenment. But yes we could revert and start expelling students for their sins, and just pray that our next nobel winning physicist doesn't have a penchant for getting on the piss.
Secondly;
Am I alone in thinking that some of the Dunedin student rioters have a nerve feeling sorry for themselves and their potentially blemished brilliant careers?
Why has New Zealand set it's legal system up in such a way that minor indiscretions could in any way blemish people's careers at all? What is the purpose of that?
Sorry Mr 46 year old accountant, we're going to have to decline application because it appears you rioted when you were 18.
What's the purpose? Does it appear that this criminal record 4life strategem is an unprecedented winner? The attitude seems no less petty than those of the townsfolk from 'The Scarlet Letter'.
Where are the spikes pegging these ethical principles? Sure we're against smacking and violence (off the rugby field) and what have you but we're for blemishing 18 year olds (with nerves) careers 4 life. Blemishing society.
A surefire nonwinner folks,Clean, Green and Mean.
Call me old fashioned, but I think it may be more positive to hold those arrested somewhere for a couple of weeks to account for and reconsider their actions.
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I mean; 2nd year Accounting students, complete with cell phones, throwing bricks at policemen because... not sure really.
the numbers...too many damn numbers...
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Living in a nation that won't get an official cinema release of many films due to them not being Disney enough, I strongly object to being labelled a pirate. I'm sure from a distance it seems just like I donned a parrot, lost an eye and jauntily jump aboard foreign vessels to rape and pillage, but I swear the fellow shared it with me m'lud.
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The odds look fine until you're on the left hand side of the ratio.
Um you do realise some pretty similar facts apply to right handers, right?
And yet it is mainly those nasty unnatural left handers wee hear about. Odd, eh?
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ha, nice.
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Thanks for posting the clip from Heavenly Pop Hits Brenda, that's a real nice way to start the week, gotta agree with Russell on there being a Dunedin sound. Not sure what Chris Knox isn't hearing.
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This is living.
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Perhaps this kind of thing plays well to the home crowd, but I found it unwatchable.
I doubt that. Amateur political obsession is not a popular hobby/pasttime in China. Most of the self confessed experts come from elsewhere. I'd contend that the doco was probably more popularly watched in ten minute stabs offshore than likely to interrupt a gripping game of world of warcraft in the mainland.
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I'd love to know how the referendum $9m was spent.
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