Posts by Ian MacKay
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We were just discussing legal, justice-type stuff, because, in case you hadn't noticed, he broke his ex-girlfriend's back. In four places. And, uh, put her in a wheelchair.
And that's what this is about. At the end of the day. When it comes down to it. Pure and simple. There is no prettying it up, or justification. There is no circumstance mitigating enough. Just this.
It is not really. It may be what happened, but cracking 3 (or 4, or 5 depending on the "facts") vertebrae is not quite breaking your back. We don't really know. Did he kick her in the head? Maybe but the our judgements are predicated on media reports. Trust them? Don't really.
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I wrote of lynch mob mentality which means to me a bunch of people who rush to condemn without due process.
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Rachel Prosser: Thankyou so much. Well said. I can easily live with your balance and vision. Kirsten might well be in a better place now than the Court alternative, though of course she would have been even better off if she had not been hurt.
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Sacha Thanks for the light relief. His your timing- excellent
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Sacha Thom: I am totally in favour of non-violence. (I still think that a community or home or city should say overtly "In our place we don't Hit People" as does Its Not Right")
Equally I think that it is plain wrong to condemn a person when so much is not known. The expletives against Tony and what amounts to threats, when events can only be surmised from Media reports, is dangerous. This is not a legal discussion on the the issues when a person is condemned and sentenced from the largely unknown. Does the fact that some person neither confirms nor denies, prove guilt? Should prominent people be excused because they are prominant? Of course not. Should they be condemned without evidence? Course not. -
I am staggered at the extent of condemnation expressed by the responses to this blog. There is so much hate and contempt expressed for an issue when so little is known for fact. Speculation is based on media reports feeding opinions. Would a single blow be the same as a "prolonged vicious beating"? We do not know. Was it true that the "compensation" (more than any restitution) was a long time after the event rather than a condition of medical treatment as some of you suggest. I am deeply concerned at the mob thirst for punishment expressed on these pages and feel discouraged that the usual fairness in the discussions on PA have been undermined. The cartoon in the Herald says it all for me. (The judge can't get his place back on the bench because the Media has taken over!) I would add a lynch mob mentality!
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Court visit v Drink binging? Court visit far more fun :)
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I do enjoy TV but also funny bits online like a Mr J Key sendup
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Regarding the VW's advertising etc: A few months ago a motoring expert drove a VW 4X4 from Auckland to Wellington and back again on a single tank of fuel. He still had enough to get him to Whangarei. I don't know who he was, or which model but he was staggered at the economy. Anyone?
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Interesting interview with Havoc. Thanks.