Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to
I noticed though that Winston wasn’t kicking up a stink about not being chosen
He has more to gain politically by criticising from outside the committee, unbound by its strict confidentiality.
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to
I guess to some voters/party members it looks 'tough' and 'manly'.
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to
This move sidelined NZ First as well. Seems likely to be just the usual foot-in-mouth stupidity which I was hoping Labour might have gotten over by now. Lively discussion on Danyl's post about it.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to
Because who could have predicted that transferring support service management to a sector with a medical understanding of disability would entrench that notion?
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to
the best chance is probably for a credible opposition to present itself as a credible alternative
yes. which is not helped by tired antics like this.
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to
I find it quite telling that they and Slater, have turned on Key &co
He has never been right-leaning enough for some of the rabid Actoids. Atilla might please em.
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to
So, on to Sabin
why? other threads for that topic.
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Hard News: Masters of Reality, in reply to
They are apparently nasty local miscreants rather like Slater. Take anything they say with a sack of salt. Note that they may also be breaching suppression, which could put Russell at risk here.
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Speaker: Losing cultural treasures under…, in reply to
I didn't put that well. Thanks.
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Speaker: Losing cultural treasures under…, in reply to
But the effort that went into making that thing doesn’t go away.
and nor do the surrounding social investments that enabled that creation - like education, social capital, communication networks, employment, income support, commercial protection, law, government.
Copyright law was initially a balance of those which recognised creativity does not happen in a vacuum - hence the 7 year term. Perhaps we could add renewal rights if still actively used and otherwise open for society to recoup its investment as well.
Disney ripping off old European fairytales and then relentlessly lobbying to protect their particular reworking of them is morally bankrupt and no example to inspire sound policy.
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