Posts by Sacha
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I am consoled by two words: corned beef.
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Saving is betting against your own enterprising future. :)
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You Gracewoods certainly stick close - first two comments. Respec.
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Would you believe that's my first first.
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On the Goff speech and its context, can I also recommend Lew's thoughtful post at Kiwipolitico and Tapu Misa's latest Herald column.
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I am but a DumBugger
rofflenui
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Being able to buy kitchen appliances and keyrings with my name pre-printed on them
Very cool.
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gutted that my Something Must Go Wrong field put Jo in hospital
She's taking your thread titles too literally. Hope coming right.
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high levels of Holy WTF
Besides all the reasonable influences mentioned for our fraying, I note that it can be unsettling for any group of people to engage others with unclear, disingenuous or hostile intent. Focusing on the content and disagreeing in good faith is one thing but tolerating trolls has wider costs.
Edit: Hadn't seen Russell's post. I've said all I'm interested in saying too.
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Tapu Misa is thoughtful and broad in scope about Goff and race relations.
Someone once wrote that the greatest advantage of being part of a majority group is the invisibility that comes with being considered "normal". You are, whatever your faults, the way the world is supposed to be. No one expects you to be an ambassador for "your" people, or accuses you of being a disgrace to them when you fire off an ill-considered email in the middle of the night. You're free to be yourself, a flawed human being like the rest of us.
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But it's one thing to criticise the Maori Party for betraying its grass-roots supporters with its support of the ETS and ACC bills. It's another to renege on a commitment to work with National on repealing the Foreshore and Seabed Act after earlier acknowledging that Labour had mishandled the issue. And to imply that those who believe in just settlements are stuck in grievance mode and "victimhood".