Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to BenWilson,
I think it's bloody important that it exists, if only to highlight exactly what the alternatives to it are, what the assumptions that underlie modernism are.
+1
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Russell Brown,
Why the laughter? We do have some tradition there.
But where are they now? Instead we're expected to make do with some smug frontperson asking (with acknowledgements etc etc):
does my distrust of thoughtfulness look fat in this mortgage?
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Russell Brown,
New Zealand public intellectuals
ahaha
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to giovanni tiso,
We don't, because we don't believe in their value. And we are wrong.
snap
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
Can anyone name a local philosopher who carries similar weight?
Most of the big problems we still need to solve involve understanding people and ideas, not just last century's science and technology. Our nation's lack of prominent and respected philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, teachers, etc is a weakness rather than a good or natural thing.
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Parliamentary Question Time today:
7. Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE to the Minister of Finance: Is it correct that Treasury was in the Prime Minister’s office “week after week, month after month” telling him South Canterbury Finance was going bankrupt?
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Neil Morrison,
If you're refering to foreign investors in SFC
No
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Neil Morrison,
Extending SCF's coverage, Neil, not the whole scheme. And others more plugged in than you or I have started unravelling some of the wheeling and dealing.
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Hard News: Media7: Doing it for the Kids, in reply to Hilary Stace,
I know a young person with skills and experience to work with some of angriest young people, but she can't get a job in NZ. No one has the money to employ her.
When Tolley was blithely offering the Ministry's support to School Boards of Trustees, I did wonder who was going to pay for it. And whether such services will be considered not to be 'low value' in the coming Budget slashing?
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Hard News: Media7: Doing it for the Kids, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Adults just have to keep modelling the behaviour they want children and other impressionable people to copy.
Like holding people to account for violence.
Starting with the PM and government (and I don't see much role modelling in inclusion and social justice from them).
Given that they don't believe in those things, it's hardly surprising.