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Kumara Republic

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:42:10 +1300

maybe because moral panic was easier to write about to a weekly deadline, or because it drew more eyeballs and angry/supportive letters and emails.

You’re probably right. It’s yet another case of ‘if it bleeds, it leads’.

Yeah, a little more Ted Olson and a lot less Michelle Bachmann would…

Craig Ranapia

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:37:01 +1300

Actually, Darth was never a neoliberal and has at various times railed against inequality and deprivation. It’s just a shame that most of the time he was blathering about homosexuals and stuff.

Yeah, a little more Ted Olson and a lot less Michelle Bachmann would have been most welcome.

Sam F

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:50:47 +1300

Quiet year?

I wish. It's been extremely busy and haven't had much time to contribute although I never stopped lurking. Hopefully in the next year I'll have enough braintime spare to not only post more but actually put thought into what I write (rather than drive-by snarkings against easy targets…

Russell Brown

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:34:56 +1300

I expected a suitable capstone to a decade of trolling every reasonable person in New Zealand and I did not leave disappointed.

Actually, Darth was never a neoliberal and has at various times railed against inequality and deprivation. It's just a shame that most of the time he was blathering…

Sacha

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:55:29 +1300

Good to see you here again, sir. Quiet year?

Sam F

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:44:33 +1300

>Last Herald column of career
>Closes on the most vexing problem facing New Zealand
>Suddenly it’s unemployment and inequality, not immorality and abortion and the gays as it’s apparently been for the last fifteen years

I expected a suitable capstone to a decade of trolling every reasonable person in New…

Craig Ranapia

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:22:50 +1300

Already, as Russell mentioned on RNZ earlier today, Louise Upston and Tau Henare have opened themselves up to contempt of court charges with their Tweets.

Um, yes... and I've been having a rather *cough* interesting exchange with Henare on Twitter. You'd think a list MP who dropped from 26 to…

Kumara Republic

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:06:28 +1300

In other news, an arrest has finally been made in the Turangi child molestation case. Already, as Russell mentioned on RNZ earlier today, Louise Upston and Tau Henare have opened themselves up to contempt of court charges with their Tweets.

The wider issue I fear happening is if acts of…

Joe Wylie

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:13:28 +1300

Reckon you’re right. I’d assumed that Darth associated all forms of social engineering with the dead hand of the Clark/Cullen nanny state, now banished by the potently encouraging presence of John Key. A quick check reveals that it’s only the inept variety that attracts his beady-eyed ire.*

*That picture, FFS. Really, you…

Lucy Stewart

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:53:55 +1300

Who’da thunk that “sound social science research” had any place in the Darthiverse?

I believe you misunderstand "sound" to mean "good, methodically done" rather than, as intended, "supporting things I already agree with".

Ross Mason

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:21:27 +1300

"If we want a happier and less divided society, then an important step would be to reduce the income differences between rich and poor."

The money quote. Given his history, it appears that both sides now have a good and similar view of the problem.

Shall we attempt to "cure…

Sacha

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:33:31 +1300

forelock tugging is a forgotten art

Joe Wylie

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:22:09 +1300

I rather like the image of Darth "cringing" like a vampire before the cross at the sight of sloppily-dressed young journos.

Sacha

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:02:14 +1300

once can but hope they also put Holmes out of our misery

Joe Wylie

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:59:12 +1300

He might not be going quietly, but FSM be praised, he’s going.
He also appears to be going soft. Who'da thunk that "sound social science research" had any place in the Darthiverse? Must be what comes of having someone who could look and sound more like someone's idea of a…

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:59:04 +1300

Very good news but he will still be out there, inflaming prejudices in the provinces.

Sacha

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:37:48 +1300

glad tidings

Lucy Stewart

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:39:32 +1300

Oh, look, the Herald is giving us all a late but much-appreciated Christmas gift. He might not be going quietly, but FSM be praised, he's going.

Craig Ranapia

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:29:36 +1300

Craig – I understand you may have the hathos for Witi Ihimaera but why the gratuitous use of his name here?

I don't think it's gratuitous at all. George and Ihimaera are both recidivist plagiarists who inexplicably (to me) still have jobs. If APN and the University of Auckland are…

ChrisW

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:40:39 +1300

Is it me, or does the reader say in the second-to-last line, "That God was made in Palestine", and not "man"? It's not you – but perhaps the reader said Maid in Palestine, a subtle piece of revisionism, pushing the Marist line :-)

ChrisW

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:23:40 +1300

Craig – I understand you may have the hathos for Witi Ihimaera but why the gratuitous use of his name here?

It looks like your seared mind's eyeballs prevented you from reading Garth George's column in full. Attack his writing or his message by all means, but auto-plagiarism? Plagiarism?

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Robert Harvey

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:22:17 +1300

Concur with sentiments above. Is it me, or does the reader say in the second-to-last line, "That God was made in Palestine", and not "man"? If so, very interesting revision...

Geoff Lealand

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:04:08 +1300

Good stuff, Craig. Hope to see you at Jackie's picnic in January 2012.

If any of my students were to plaigarise like GG, they would get a big fail and placed on notice.

Kumara Republic

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:35:47 +1300

Nice fisking, Craig. Darth George jumped the shark a while back, it's just that he's still in denial about it.

Anyhow, happy holidays Craig!

Stewart

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:12:38 +1300

Good call, Craig. We can do without the arse-clenching sanctimony a la St Garth and I take this opportunity to wish you and all the readers/posters here all the very best for the 'festive season'.
Make of it what you will, but allow it to make you (all) a better…

Islander

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:35:04 +1300

I dont believe a word of it Craig – but love Betjeman’s poem.
And for yourself – with thanks for all your posts – a joyous festive season and well-being for yourself and all whom you love throughout this coming year.

(As for GG, the less said, the better.)

Public Address

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:35:04 +1300

Discussion from blog post.