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Sam Neill's was the only Anzac tv I watched. Brilliant. Listener interview with him about it here.
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Puddleglum's detailed post argues that Key knew exactly what he was doing. I likewise saw it right from the start as bullying and harrassment, not some playful strangeness. It's right there in Amanda Bailey's own words.
As he approached me he thought it would be fitting to raise his hands high and make scary, suspense sound effects, like the music from the movie Jaws that we all know so well, and still gestured as if to reach behind me. As he towered overhead I slunk down, cringing, whilst Bronagh told him to “leave the poor girl alone”. I looked him in the eye and asked “is it self defence, with your security here, if I have to physically stop you from touching me?” and he countered, with a smile, “defence against what?”
If this account is accurate it’s clear that John Key was well aware of the continuing discomfort he was creating for the waitress. The childish recourse to “scary, suspense sound effects“, for example, only makes sense – is only ‘funny’ (!?) – if he knows the level of discomfort he is inflicting.
What this account describes is not just ‘hair pulling’ but a process of toying with a person in a way that is known to be unwelcome and not remotely enjoyed by them. One telling phrase is “defence against what?” … delivered with a smile.
In other words, ‘I know perfectly well what it is a defence against – but defence is pointless because I can always say ‘I’m only joking!”.
The other telling phrase comes from his wife Bronagh Key: “leave the poor girl alone“. It’s a phrase you only use when you detect deliberate teasing and bullying. Did Bronagh – like the waitress – also not appreciate her husband’s harmless, ‘fun loving’ nature?
My guess is that, in saying that and in knowing her husband all too well, Bronagh Key was in a perfect position to appreciate just what her husband was doing in these continued interactions with the waitress – harassing her.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Or it will go to the Supreme Court and we'll all be dust by the time its done.
given how thoroughly stupefied the 'oppostition' have been, that seems a reasonable expectation. #ashtoashes
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
If we were in the USA, just imagine the lawsuit.
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Alfie,
"I think it's the opposite to what some people might think that there's a power imbalance.
I guess cafe staff can spit in your coffee. such power ..
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Does 'active complaint' mean you are still wating for a response?
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Alfie,
Unlike our media, the Guardian makes the link between Glucina and Dirty Politics and ponytailgate.
Elle Hunt is an NZ journo, fortunately.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Surely this is work that the MS Society should be doing....sorting this shit out?
and at a policy advocacy level, what have the main DPOs been doing for the last decade on this?
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Angela Hart,
Yes, 'all other options have been exhausted' - except funding enough care in her home or doing more than rely on a broken housing market to provide enough properly-accessible homes. Disabled younger adults rotting in elderly residential facilities has been a problem for many many years. Just not pressing enough for anyone with power to solve it.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Seems they haven't been collecting good data about relationships. I'd expect 'out of scope' means an answer that doesn't relate to the topic (eg: turnip).
They really should not be reporting categories with less than 3 people. Too easy to identify who they are talking about, as you did.
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