Posts by mark taslov
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still some way to go on editing front. Apologies to those concerned. the 'yo' should read 'if you'. 'to correlating the election season and domestic violence.' should be' 'correlating the election season with instances of domestic violence.'
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Sorry, that should read great-grandfather.
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Interesting thought Mikaere.
- NZ is not the kind of place where people break each others windows for their political ideas
Rich in Observationz, while I'm not disputing that. I am reminded of the story of my late great grandfather, who was evicted from the family farm and subsequently lost his inheritance for not voting National way back when.
While Obviously he didn't take due care in protecting himself from such an eventuality, I think that our right to relative anonymousness whether in the vote or the campaign or even on the streets, is a right better protected by not requiring political action comes with a residential address affixed.
Was reminded of this recently reading an article on stuff abut some political family, where both the father was campaigning against the son and they were both having a go at the daughter on which way to vote, and reminded that somehow it's those closest to us that we need to keep our political leanings most hidden from and furthermore, the person who would most easily recognize a campaigner etc from an address, would be someone most familiar to them.
Yo take this out to the furthest reaches of the branch, obviously there are documented connections between All Black® losses and domestic violence, but I'm wondering if anyone has done the study to correlating the election season and domestic violence.
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...and I sincerely hope that's the last time we here the old 'wall street/mainstreet' metaphor. Not that it's a particularly baddie, just a little overused i felt. Guess he had to tailor the setlist to the audience, but by the 20th repeat, it started reminding me of my school chemistry teacher. may he R.I.P.
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300 posts to go
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hanging out to see what's going to happen with the Amero.
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I'm left wondering if that smacking bill which so divided the nation, had been saved for a referendum, would this result be any different.
probably not...but.... divisiveness is divisiveness and sometimes in the interests of political self preservation, it's just better letting the people decide.
I'm hoping to see more referendums in NZ. Hoping Key's emphasis on technology and the internet will give NZ a greater share and stake in the
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need cheering up? check the sci-fi on my weblink
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if only there u could've roused the underage drinkers into a bit of underage voting...
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yes, mark, i think i'd better. and quite seriously for all the shit i write on here. i'm sorry to hear that result folks. key is a tool. 3 more years!