Hard News by Russell Brown

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Hard News: Vision and dumbassery

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  • Paul Campbell,

    well maybe not an arrow, maybe more like a boomerang

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 2623 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Jake Starrow,

    Another day in the sheltered workshop coming up Paul?

    Fuck you. I've banned this, your third account here and that comment says to me that I should have done so much sooner. Don't come back.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • freddy krueger,

    I'm back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Since Sep 2014 • 1 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    It's fast looking like a job for the....

    New Zealand Harassment Act 1997
    Section 3: Meaning of Harassment
    …….a pattern of behaviour that includes doing any specified act
    directed against that person on 2 separate occasions within 12
    month period (may not be the same person as long as the pattern is
    directed against the same person).
    Section 4: Meaning of Specified Act
    ……watching, loitering, preventing, following, making contact
    (whether by telephone, correspondence or any other way), giving,
    leaving, bringing attention to any offence material, entering,
    interfering with property, that would cause a reasonable person to
    fear for his/her safety.

    [from NetSafe ]
    or any more recently enacted cyber-bullying laws.

    Definitely one to tell the police about, as they show serious and escalating anti-social tendencies and bigotries.

    Is that PreCrime Unit up and running yet?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • mark taslov, in reply to Paul Campbell,

    like a boomerang

    Dingo!

    Te Ika-a-Māui • Since Mar 2008 • 2281 posts Report Reply

  • Dean Wallis, in reply to Jake Starrow,

    My workmates really loved the impact I kept making.

    It must be a barrel of laughs at that carwash

    Point Chevalier • Since Jan 2013 • 45 posts Report Reply

  • Bart Janssen,

    I'm glad to be part of this non-abusive group of left wing snobs.

    Even though sometimes we slip into abuse, we pretty much always own up to it and apologise.

    I wonder whether he'll show his coworkers how low he was prepared to go for fun.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 4461 posts Report Reply

  • Danielle,

    What kills me is that he wasn't even very good at being a troll. If he hadn't done such a stupid megaflounce he could have kept baiting everyone for months or years while dancing on the line of acceptability. But no! Bad at arguing AND bad at trolling. Poor guy.

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report Reply

  • Greg Dawson, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Given a combination of IP(s) from posts and his claims to be a member of our friendly auckland media elite, it wouldn't be too hard to pin down who exactly it is. Although OGH's comments about going back to sports commentary imply he probably already knows.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 294 posts Report Reply

  • Dean Wallis, in reply to Greg Dawson,

    it wouldn’t be too hard to pin down who exactly it is

    I for one would love to know. It would be satisfying to troll-bait his den and see if he really enjoys anonymous posters.

    Point Chevalier • Since Jan 2013 • 45 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    through the 'ringer'...
    Sadly if the trolls win in the shire election
    the fallout will be unbearable, if not Orcwood,
    it'll be back down into the caves for us...

    Here's a wee reminder of shelter etiquette:

    from boingboing

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • jack starrow, in reply to Danielle,

    Don’t worry your twisted selves. I have no intention of ever evr contacting this site ever ever again. It’s too dmn depressing. And remember, th abuse I’ve received far outweighs ny givn back. Nw ll lnk rms nd hm.

    Since Sep 2014 • 2 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to jack starrow,

    Just like John Key. My word is my bond!

    I have no intention of ever ever contacting this site ever ever again

    What's that,
    3 hours since you said farewell forever,
    the first time?

    Cold turkey is a bitch, isn't it...

    Dude needs help.

    But what a waste of carbon...
    Send in the Worms!

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Send in the Worms!

    There is a season, worms, worms, worms
    And a time to every purpose under heaven.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso, in reply to Danielle,

    dancing on the line of acceptability

    That's still one of my favourite songs of the 80s.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to giovanni tiso,

    dancing on the line of acceptability

    That’s still one of my favourite songs of the 80s.

    But the video! Man, those haircuts ...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Campbell,

    When our annoying troller named 'jack'
    Promised us he'd never come back
    Our 'twisted selves' all really knew
    He was hitting refresh despite his adieu
    To see if anyone had noticed his lack

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 2623 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    There is a season, worms, worms, worms

    It's those early Byrds that reap...
    ;- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart, in reply to Bart Janssen,

    I wonder whether he’ll show his coworkers how low he was prepared to go for fun.

    And his kids. Remember that day when he had kids?

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Emma Hart,

    Remember that day when he had kids?

    Back when I went to school the expression was "having kittens".

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • BenWilson, in reply to Richard Aston,

    To Ben Wilson for sharing the Internalized Really Complicated Situation in his head as he works out

    You know we can't change the government with our ghost votes.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 10657 posts Report Reply

  • Richard Aston, in reply to BenWilson,

    You know we can’t change the government with our ghost votes.

    Want a chip bro?

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 510 posts Report Reply

  • mark taslov, in reply to Angela Hart,

    This sits strangely with the cup of tea affair, arranged as PR, in a public place, surrounded by journos but with an angrily claimed expectation of privacy from the PM himself.

    Spurred by Russell’s mention of equivocations so I thought I’d come back to this as I didn’t pick up on teapot tapes yesterday. I’ve just been reading up on Stephen Price Andrew Geddis and Stephen Price’s Rebuttal. And the legal principle seems very similar, and is especially interesting now that the charges against Bradley Ambrose have been dropped and he was only issued a warning and that no charges were laid over Dot Com’s illegal spying, both related to intent.

    So looking back at the GCSB Bill in order to fix(?) it. Preliminory Prevision 4 (interpretations)(2003-2013):

    private communication—

    (a) means a communication between 2 or more parties made under circumstances that may reasonably be taken to indicate that any party to the communication desires it to be confined to the parties to the communication; but

    (b) does not include a communication occurring in circumstances in which any party ought reasonably to expect that the communication may be intercepted by some other person not having the express or implied consent of any party to do so

    Part (b) here serves no purpose than to undermine rights of privacy. In many situations my communications may be intercepted by private citizens, as was the case with the teapot saga, but this definition cornily implemented under Helen Clark is a regulation for a Government apparatus, and it *could* (that’s the key) be interpreted to mean that if I am in circumstances where I can not *guarantee* interception won’t occur then I lose the right of privacy from the GCSB.

    Au Contraire Ms Clark – Enabling the GCSB to distinguish between a New Zealand citizen or resident’s private communication or grotesquely and brazefuckingly public communication like this in no way serves the interests of the New Zealand people. Because communication in and unto itself is and never has been a threat to the security of the democratic (by definition) Government. In no circumstances should New Zealanders’ communication be subject to classification for the express purpose of enabling exploitation by the New Zealand Espionage industry.

    And then onto section 16 which deals with the GCSB’s right to intercept communications without a warrant.

    (b) does not authorise anything to be done for the purpose of intercepting the private communications of a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of New Zealand.

    replace with:

    (b) does not authorise anything to be done for the purpose of intercepting all communications of a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of New Zealand.

    And then you can kindly go about your business.

    None of this was new in the 2013 law change. though the notable shift in section 16 was that with your new Iphone, the limitation to ‘computers’ was removed.

    The most important issue here – and this goes back to the Kim DotCom’s case – is that the police are never going to independently press charges against the GCSB and the ability of the private citizen to detect cases of GCSB interception is next to zero so the openness of “private communication” means it’s exploitable with regards to the greater public (now fully informed of Xkeyscore), contestable by Kim Dotcom (impending civil test case) and beyond the reach of the 88 other New Zealanders whose spying the Kitterige report uncovered.

    Te Ika-a-Māui • Since Mar 2008 • 2281 posts Report Reply

  • Greg Dawson, in reply to mark taslov,

    (b) does not authorise anything to be done for the purpose of intercepting all communications of a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of New Zealand.

    Obvious rejoinder from weasel spy : we didn’t take all the communications, only some of them. Perhaps the word “any” would suit better.

    Edit: Or even just "the", for simplicity's sake. Although it leaves up to definition how you determine ownership of a communication - how much do I have to say for it to be considered "my" communication instead of the Australian on the other end? Or is it mine if I only listen?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 294 posts Report Reply

  • mark taslov, in reply to Greg Dawson,

    That may be right, I’m not lawyer and I left my grammar in 1996 but we need to remove any exploitable loophole for the *circumstance* in which NZer's is collected here because this section deals with interception without a warrant. Hopefully there’s some legal mind in New Zealand who can accomplish that.

    I feel like a cup of tea.

    WRT to your edit, there are sections in the bill for the disposal of incidentally collected communication. but again if there’s no warrant out on you then they should not be intercepting your communication.

    Te Ika-a-Māui • Since Mar 2008 • 2281 posts Report Reply

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