All men are privileged over women by the actions of a few, whether men want to be or not, because of the fear of violence they can induce. I think that is feminism 101, and…

I'd rather do a map for areas of New Zealand. There'd be a lot of red on mine!

to this...............

All men are privileged over women by the actions of a few, whether men want to be or not, because of the fear of…

xactly. All men are privileged over women by the actions of a few, whether men want to be or not, because of the fear of violence they can induce.

You want to be careful with that line of "indirect power by proxy = personal power". Otherwise you'll be needing to…

Well, you'll have to wait and see. You won't, however, find any stealth F-bombs in my segment. Sorry.

spooky. i just bought some

Cake?

In a broad aggregate, in this society, that's a pretty safe assumption. In terms of who senses intimidation from whom, anyway,

3410: Your argument lacks a vital ingredient: Muslim power over non-muslims.

and yours assumes male power over females.

To make my explanation of the 'all men are rapists' claim work, you really need to run with the idea that rape is not about sex, it's about power.

So, the 'all muslims are terrorists' claim works when you run with the idea that terrorism is not about violence, it's…

To make my explanation of the 'all men are rapists' claim work, you really need to run with the idea that rape is not about sex, it's about power.

It's pretty funny…

I don't subscribe to the 'All Men Are Rapists' mantra

Neither do I. I have lived with a man for nearly 18 years now, and it is simply not a way that he could be characterised. He's a polar opposite to that idea. And indeed, virtually all the men I…

My reading of this is that Blair stood his ground and the Iranians blinked. Blair gave nothing away and warned of…

After I posted I thought about it a bit and realised that I should've perhaps taken the time to explain a bit more.

My point is that most men (at least all those I know), are totally against that sort of behaviour, not just personally but socially. I…

even here there is (seemingly) no support for the idea that men as a group need to address this issue?

There's support alright. You don't tell pedestrians how not to get hit by drunk drivers, you tell people not to drive drunk or let their mates drive drunk. Yet just…

However, these Iranians are from the elite Revolutionary Guard and had no business in Iraq.

These are not the elite Revolutionary Guards you are looking for...

Unfair, I suggest. I've never perpetrated a sexual assault, and have twice stepped in to prevent one.
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Misandric crap is indeed no more attractive than misogynistic crap

Sheesh, men are so sensitive! Why am I not surprised that even here there is (seemingly) no support for the idea that…

(And since I've brought it up: the schoolboy rape story is awful; esp on the heels of our own Police rape allegations. When are MEN going to own this problem?)

Unfair, I suggest. I've never perpetrated a sexual assault, and have twice stepped in to prevent one.

Misandric crap is…

well... i thought it a remarkable coincidence that the only female in the detail just happended to give a piece to camera interview on 'it's all part of the job, rah rah, britannia waves the rules' etc, just the day before…

Yup, that's how the old wars were fought (including last century's). Just keep throwing more troops at the enemy til someone wins. Nevermind the deathtoll.

A moment's derail: that's simply not true. Medieval European warfare had all sorts of informal protocols around battles, most of which were designed to reduce…

Now Little Goofballs are apparently getting their knickers in a twist about Nancy Pelosi wearing a headscarf.Then they insist that it about whether she should be in Syria or not.

here…

"Look if somone demands you say something on a video just go along with it so as not to antagonise them, we'll all know you did not mean it, the most important thing is not to play the hero."

Those people are weird in a very bad way

It is the pride in that weirdness that is so very unsettling. The apologies in the Carroll case were all very muted and in a couple of cases people commented that they stood by what they had said at first.

Would…

Oh if only this was true!

Millions died in Vietnam; A million Iranians died fighting in the war…

I'd make a minor correction. Modern warfare by superpowers against small nations are more civilised in that the superpowers have less soldiers killed. The other side's losses are of course much bigger now than they have ever…

(And since I've brought it up: the schoolboy rape story is awful; esp on the heels of our own Police rape allegations. When are MEN going to own this problem?)

Unfair, I suggest. I've never perpetrated a sexual assault, and have twice stepped in to prevent one.

"...It is the job of a Royal Marine to fight, and if necessary suffer and die, for his country..."

Yup, that's how the old wars were fought (including last century's). Just keep throwing more troops at the enemy til someone wins. Nevermind the deathtoll.

Modern warfare is much more civilised…

At the end of the day, U.S. commentators like Derbyshire have a disturbingly fascist bias towards the glorification of violence as an end unto itself.

So long, of course, as it doesn't personally involve them or their children.

You may recall the release of American journalist Jill Carroll in Iraq.…

"...It is the job of a Royal Marine to fight, and if necessary suffer…

Anyone else bemused that while this story was the lead item on TV1's Breakfast news bulletins this morning, it came up LAST on Prime's Today Show news bulletins?? WTF?

The Aussie news' lead story was about some Aussie…

As I understood it, the sailors were following rules of engagement (or in this case, non-engagement) and surely should only have been court-martialed if they'd ignored those and opened fire.

Their "cowardice" apparently consists of (a) not shooting when they wre hopelessly outgunned, and (b) going along with the banal…

Places Brent's visited

I am not sure that a day in Hong Kong should entitle me to get all of China coloured in, but hey ...

Very disappointed that Antartica wasn't there, that would've given a huge red swathe across the bottom of my map ...…

I wonder what Mr Farrar is going to say now?

But isn't the first stage of making a complaint to the BSA notifying the broadcaster that you have a problem with a specific incident, and then if you have no luck you then complain to the BSA?

True. But if you're the Minister of Broadcasting, you do so in a…

Meh... If the poor...[through to] ... engage in auto-etoticism?

hope you'll be a little more compelling in your 3 minutes of fame Craig

Yes – but if Steve Maharey doesn't like that, then he's in a much better position than most to amend the Broadcasting Act. Maharey has apparently decided not to lay a formal complaint with Radio New Zealand, so let's just hope he's going to have a nice long…

Anyway, as Russell said, it seems to have worked out reasonably well. I don't think Western powers getting in a…

Once again, it's me and Ralph Peters on the same wavelength, deploring the cowardice of the British sailors and marines kidnapped by Iran. When it happened, I said I hoped the ones who'd shamed their country would be court-martialed on return to Blighty, and…

Make a BSA complaint, take a ticket and stand in line with the rest of us

But isn't the first stage of making a complaint to the BSA notifying the broadcaster that you have a problem with a specific incident, and then if you have no luck you then complain…

(But what about the carbon footprint?!)

I'd rather do a map for areas of New Zealand. There'd be a lot of red on mine!

Here's mine (Russia and Canada do help make it look a lot more impressive than it actually is)

http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries/worldmap?visited=CAUSCZFRDEIEITNLRUCHUKVASGKRAUNZ

Could some tech-savvy at-risk youth explain to me how I get Public Address radio onto my iPod . . ?

Coming your way. Radio Live initially wanted to host the full-show podcast, but didn't get around to it, so we'll do it this week.

And then there were problems getting…

For those who are wondering where the piece on election funding is, it's here

Duh. Sorry ...

Meh... If the poor little darling can't handle Question Time, then I respectfully suggest he had in his ministerial warrant and fuck off back to academia. I also pointed out on Kiwiblog the amusing irony…

Places I have Visited

Interesting to see the old overland from Kathmandu to London trail mapped out. It was from when I should have been in 7th form and dad wanted to go traveling. He was only allowed to go if he took…