Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: "The complexities of the issues" https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165677#post165677 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165677#post165677 Mon, 17 May 2010 11:00:17 +1200 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165666#post165666 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165666#post165666 Mon, 17 May 2010 10:11:08 +1200 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165639#post165639 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165639#post165639 Sun, 16 May 2010 18:59:44 +1200 Grace Dalley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165611#post165611 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165611#post165611

they say that no apology can be better than half an apology,

Sorry?

Meaning: if you give a partial apology (eg: "I'm sorry you were offended"; or, "I'm sorry, but you have to understand...."), you can actually make things worse. If you follow the link I gave, this idea is…

]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 22:09:39 +1200 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165526#post165526 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165526#post165526

New Zealand's largest and most successful home- grown aid organisation had been destroyed: initially, by ideological extremism; and finally, by radical Maori nationalism.

Meths destroys both cognitive function and memory, it appears.

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 19:05:51 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165525#post165525 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165525#post165525

Trotter's been at the paint thinner again

Indeed. What a tired, racist fuckwit – and that's my carefully considered opinion. Male menopause has a lot to answer for.

If you, the members of the National Party, do not rouse yourselves, then your own, once- proud, political brand will suffer the…

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 18:48:14 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165519#post165519 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165519#post165519 Trotter's been at the paint thinner again. Sometimes, no apology is required or acceptable. You're already quite sorry enough. ]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 17:36:00 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165505#post165505 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165505#post165505

they say that no apology can be better than half an apology,
Sorry?

I suppose that would be like "dig up, stupid"

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 16:39:02 +1200 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165462#post165462 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165462#post165462

they say that no apology can be better than half an apology,

Sorry?

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 13:24:47 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165458#post165458 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165458#post165458

A high-value apology should be directed at the people actually affected not a meaningless abstract collective noun.

True, and an apology from Key (while he's already making some) wouldn't go amiss.

But really the only way to truly settle this is a game of rugby. South Africa vs New Zealand…

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 13:10:17 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165442#post165442 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165442#post165442 Fri, 14 May 2010 12:12:02 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165410#post165410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165410#post165410 Good to have it done.

Shame that some more effort could have been put into it, rather than "oh wait, they've said sorry, now we look like the dicks".

As you note, a match between the NZ Maori and South Africa, to which ex-NZ Maori players were invited to an…

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 10:25:37 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165401#post165401 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165401#post165401

Personally I like that they apologised to the country as well.

Personally, I didn't give a shit then (in my defence, I was nine at the time and more interested in Doctor Who than politics or rugby) and still don't. A high-value apology should be directed at the people actually…

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 10:08:35 +1200 Grace Dalley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165394#post165394 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165394#post165394 The Perfect Apology has some brilliant examples, of both good and execrable apologies. Famous apologies are here. And they say that no apology can be better than half an apology, which I think is very true. ]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 09:53:37 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165393#post165393 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165393#post165393 Fri, 14 May 2010 09:44:59 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165390#post165390 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165390#post165390 Fri, 14 May 2010 09:31:07 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165388#post165388 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165388#post165388

An apology by a politician who appears contrite probably doesn't mean much. These people are politicians, they are trained to fake sincerity.

And I seem to recall one of these apologies by one of our prominent politicians, was it this week?
My memory seems a bit poor this morning, perhaps…

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 09:19:24 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165387#post165387 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-complexities-of-the-issues/?p=165387#post165387 Discussion from blog post.

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 09:19:24 +1200