Posts by Don Christie
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But can any of them play guitar, Don?
I know you are joking, but in all seriousness and for the wider audience - yes, and get paid for doing so.
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clbuttic definitely a clbuttic candidate for 2009 word.
Perl programmers would have know to avoid such an obvious faux pas, naturally.
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you could have calmly said "nah, it was sweet man, everyone was cool",
For sure.
I heard that it was 42 for the against copyright team and one for the 'for' team who got treated rudely, yelled at etc when he had the good courteousy (or stupidity) to attend what appeared to be a particularly heavily stacked debate.
You sure are able to teach us Wellington hot heads a thing or two about restraint. That paragraph slammed some of the most respected people in NZ in their fields of endeavour, whether it be politics, the arts, the law or even, gasp, technology.
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well get your story straight don,
Well robbery, it least I can count higher than 1.
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I'm glad others have picked up the point that Maori representation is about honouring the Treaty of Waitangi, not about "ethnicity".
Well, Pita Sharples did a poor job of making his case this morning on RNZ. He said something along the lines of:
"well, it puts us down with the Indians, Chinese and Samoans..."
I though that was pretty offensive.
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ok so the liar comment above is unjustified then?
No, it was quite accurate. You said:
I heard that it was 42 for the against copyright team
Not only was that a lie in terms of S92, it is an even bigger lie in terms of Copyright. No-one spoke against Copyright as far as I am aware everyone was strongly in favour of Copyright. Either your hearing is faulty or you were lied to on that point.
You also said:
the 'for' team who got treated rudely, yelled at etc when he had the good courteousy (or stupidity) to attend
Again, no-one got treated rudely or yelled at. It was a well moderated meeting that lasted over 2 hours. Lots of voices and opinions heard. As far as Ant's courteousy goes, well, I have already mentioned he caused some offence with what seemed to be a deliberate attempt to misrepresent people in the room. That was rude but he didn't yell and anyway, you specifically mentioned people on the 'pro' side (whatever that means) being badly treated.
This was in sharp contrast to folks like Roger Sheppard who was useful to hear and reasonable enough to consider other POVs, even if he disagreed.
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Damned straight, Emma.
Of course, when I'm mayor of Quantum Auckland...
Oops. wring thread.
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robbery
Well, for a start your informer cannot count. There were plenty musicians, writers artists and other Copyright holders in the room as well as Ant Healey and Roger Sheppard. I think that fact that not many of the musicians agreed with S92 may have offended your informant. Also there were reps of Internet NZ, they ISPs, CFF and so on.
There were lots of views expressed in the room. Most were constructive. Some people were forthright but not rude. The meeting was well controlled by Claire Curren. I think the only time folks may have been offended was when Ant tried to say there were no musicians or artists being represented - when clearly there were.
Most people in the room disagreed with S92. But that is not because the debate was 'heavily stacked', it is because the law is opposed by most people. Most people understand that the provisions are draconian and what is worse, will not achieve what they set out to achieve - getting more money into the hands of rights holders.
I am sorry your informant found it unpleasant to hear those views in person but as I said he or she is has lied about the meeting, or you have misunderstood what that person told you.
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Why stop at mega ?
Ah, the word you are looking for is 'Quantum'.
If elected, I will make Auckland the world's first Quantum City.
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That's the second flattering shoulder-tap I've had today! But, er, no. I like my current job.
Ok, that clears the way for my bid then. We have just held our inaugural election campaign meeting and already some very interesting ideas are formulating.
As this is about saving money and (cough) improving services to Auckland we have decided to move the new council's head offices to Wellington. This will save a considerable sum on travel and ensure that Auckland gets fair and constant recognition at government levels when it comes to doling out NZ taxpayer dollars.
Obviously the Auckland market will still be important to the super council *and* we will continue to employ lots of Aucklanders in Auckland to deliver the best quality services to our voters.
This is just one of many great Wellington Wisdom ideas we are working on. All I can say for now is...watch this space.