Posts by Sacha
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if the mods would just let it ride, things tend to even themselves out in the long run
The infamous copywrong thread begs to differ. If bad behaviour is left uncorrected, things "even themselves out" by good people leaving the conversation because they get sick of the style. Disagreements about content seldom cause any problems. Pigwrestling does.
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I've noticed new people joining discussions here without any fuss easily outnumber those who for some reason expect that starting with an insult or claiming to not really believe what they're saying are sensible conversational tactics in any place.
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Hizbollah, the Lebanese organisation
I believe the point was probably "the local organisation".
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"The Lebanese organisation, Hizbollah."
Ooh, let me suggest some others:
"The Irish organisation, the IRA."
"The Tamil organisation, the Tigers."
"The Basque organisation, ETA."The Italian organisation, teh Catholics.
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To clarify, my last comment referred to what was at that stage the last sentence of Mr Clive's post: "I'm sure donations were more forthcoming when it was called that."
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David Thomson's Selfish Generations tackled intergenerational behaviour in public policy.
Brian Easton is a bit scathing about Thomson's work and as usefully detailed as you'd expect. I must find time to re-read that whole article.
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And goats
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Beer Lao this early?
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At least they won't have to send a camera crew to Dipton for the interview.
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Redefining the word "clarify" in that story:
In Monday's Herald, Mr Little said he had some personal concerns about the speech. He refused to specify but indicated there were issues about how it had been received by Maori.
He subsequently clarified his position, saying he was comfortable with the speech.
But clarifying who is accountable for the content of the speech (if not the title):
There was not one dissenting voice, Mr Goff said, and the only concerns MPs had were with the way some media commentators had interpreted the speech.
Oh, look over there.