Posts by Malcolm
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Hard News: We can do better than this, in reply to Ianmac,
Sorry, but it is a direct quote. :-(
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And the money quote:
"“Our new anti-cyber bullying proposals protect victims and hold perpetrators to account. No one should ever be subject to this kind of cowardly attack - now with the right support and modern laws in place, victims will no longer have to suffer,” Ms Collins says."
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How can the satirists compete any more? Check out this press release from Judith Collins:
https://www.national.org.nz/news/news/media-releases/detail/2013/04/03/time's-up-for-cyber-bullies
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I find the wording of the boycott and Whipp-authorised fact sheet interesting
(1) "The makers of feature film The Hobbit – to be shot in New Zealand next year have refused to engage performers on union-negotiated agreements."
(2) "For some years performers in New Zealand have struggled on non-union contracts."
(3) They are now resolved to "seek a union contract for all performers on The Hobbit."
(1) and (2) seems at best economical with the truth. (3) is incoherent for independent contractors. It also clearly seeks to make the production a closed union shop.
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Peter Jackson had negotiated residuals for the first time ever. I can't help wondering if that was what drew in the Aussie union - the opportunity to clip the ticket on Peter's generosity.
So ironically, if Peter had been less generous, perhaps none of this would ever have happened.
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MMP has real problems - but so do all systems. I think MMP has at least made both major parties more centrist. As right-leaning centrist myself, I think that's a pretty good thing.
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Um, Lockwood Smith said that if they wanted to do something new, they would have a discussion document for consultation.
Doesn't sound very secret to me.
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Craig, I made comment not because I didn't know who the Borg are, but because I do. Your comment wasn't "Queen of the Borg". It was "Queen of the Fem-Borg." The "Fem-Borg" appear nowhere in Star Trek that I am aware of.
I was also surprised to see you treat "feminazi" as a reference to the Third Reich. This is a current political term, whose definition can be found here, although I think you must be familiar with its use from kiwiblog.
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Queen of the Fem-Borg.
Why don't you just say "feminazis" and be done with it. Really Craig, your language betrays you.
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Shep & Kyle: thank you for your thoughtful answers.