Posts by Katharine Moody
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Up Front: Fringe of Darkness, in reply to Russell Brown,
Shit, there’s a lot to unpack there, but I simply can’t agree that a psychopathology book about the chief abuser is somehow more valid than one that bears witness to the wider story .
I wasn't referring to what might be more valid (from an investigative journalistic perspective for the purposes of a mainstream commercial publication), but rather what might be more useful/healing to the victims.
One thing that stood out in the Metro article was this statement:
“In the end,” he says, gripping his coffee mug hard, “guys will just be wanking over your stories.”
That kind of exemplifies the point I'm making.
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Up Front: Fringe of Darkness, in reply to william blake,
It’s a male responsibility to stop perpetrating violence and to be wise and brave enough to intervene when abuse is taking place.
Sexual predation/abuse and non-sexual physical violence have different pathologies. It is important to make the distinction. I was referring to the former in my earlier point about women and mothers.
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Up Front: Fringe of Darkness, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
This story needs to be told…for history, for Louise and Angie, for those who wish to remain un-named.
I will say one more thing. I don’t know that this type of story is a path toward healing for those that need and deserve healing. I’d rather see a book on the life history and profile of the paedophile that was Bert Potter. And such research needs a professional criminologist and a clinician’s involvement. And it needs to not only inform us of the profile of a sexual predator – so that we can better recognise them amongst us – but it also needs to explore why, in particular mothers end up exposing their children to this potential for abuse.
In my opinion, it is women and mothers who are ultimately responsible for saving children from this fate. God designed us to be nurturers. Most mothers who become involved in this type of mayhem are not bad people, they too are victims, they too are weak and vulnerable – but at the end of the day, they (and women in general) have to become the future saviours if we as a society really want to break the cycle and prevent this type of horror in future.
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Up Front: Fringe of Darkness, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
I was waiting for someone to spell it out. Thank you.
You're welcome - and you too, steven.
I would like to say alot more about the Metro article but it would likely be offensive to the author and others here, so I’ll leave it at that.
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Up Front: Fringe of Darkness, in reply to Nat Curnow,
the sordid, collapse of the hippy dream.
Interesting point. But I’d add that Bert wasn’t of the hippie generation – born in 1925, he was a 52 year old sexual predator by the time he formed Centrepoint. I have no doubts he had offended well before that. The hippie generation (largely boomers, I assume) and their offspring were his prey. An accomplished predator – he sold vile, perverted snakeoil to a contingent of misguided adult consumers. As his son said in the eulogy for his father;
by the time Centrepoint got started, he had figured out how to set himself up as Alpha male. He surrounded himself with an awesome bunch of strong, capable, and desirable women; and this attracted a number of on-to-it men who could see that there were plenty to go around.
http://menz.org.nz/2012/eulogy-for-bert-potter/
"On-to-it men" meaning other sexual predators. And Bert's criminal/mental illness never changed from what I’ve read of interviews with him post his prison sentence. From the Massey study, this came to light;
Potter blackmailed children into having sex by threatening to separate them from their families.
To call anything this organisation did to be “therapy” (implying a health or well-being benefit) shows (to my mind) a lack of understanding of the nature of sexual predation. If one wants to read a difficult story to tell, from an author who really had to suffer – not to get “the story” – but rather to get the offenders, then this is the book to read;
http://www.wheelers.co.nz/books/9780473054069-is-that-you-daddy/
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Polity: TPP, eh?, in reply to Sacha,
surely not, from those guys? #gasp
Yeah, it seems between the two articles I read that Andrew's tone changed from defiant to defeatist after his one-on-one with Groser. Makes you wonder just how much of the dirty politics played by the multi-nationals during the negotiations was disclosed to Andrew. In other words he might now be more aware just how awful in their intent and tactics these corporate lobbyists are. I found Groser's interviews on the weekend TV1 and TV3 programs sounded defeatist as well. He really failed to come across as the chirpy cheerleader of past performances.
Key on the other hand remains his chirpy old self and the timing of Helen's effort on behalf of the club was also interesting.
Looks to me that only the US legislators can save us from this type of multi-national corporate rule now.
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Polity: TPP, eh?, in reply to Alfie,
To them the OIA seems to be a method of concealing information, rather than honouring it’s intended purpose.
Yes, I had high hopes when the Ombudsman announced a comprehensive review in light of information emerging during the election, but the scope of the review project didn't excite me;
given the emphasis seems to be on surveying the perpetrators, rather than gathering incriminating evidence from the disaffected media and public. Glad that Kelsey got the courts involved - but not a great reflection on confidence in the Ombudsman's ability to enforce the law.
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Latest from Andrew Little;
Badly framed - sounds defeatist as opposed to defiant.
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Polity: TPP, eh?, in reply to Henry Barnard,
Yes, can't wait to see how our executive branch tries to spin that one. Why in the world did Obama push it like he did - I'd have thought an agreement which the public perceives to favour the worst of their own corporate lobbyists would be the last sort of legacy he'd have wanted for his presidency. The whole thing makes no sense to me.
Free trade, it's a dying concept. The Canadian government is spinning it quite the opposite - they are crowing about how well their negotiators did to protect their industries from any such 'incoming' free trade.
Such a shame it ever expanded beyond the original P4.
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Polity: TPP, eh?, in reply to Alfie,
Best post-deal commentary I've read so far. Sums it up in a nutshell.