Posts by Sacha
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Deborah Hill Cone on Paul Henry and freedom of speech
Poor Debs doesn't understand the difference between a conversation and a broadcast (to say nothing of most other matters). Mind you, that has been a long-standing problem with her 'columns'..
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Hug a twatcock - they hate it
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But i think 'netball' without the hashtag gave a better and more interesting twitter feed of the match.
People were too caught up to be bothering with any of that hashtaggery. And the flurry of CAPITALS..
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except soup
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Sofie, if the issue is politicians misusing stats, then addressing that makes sense. Refusing to supply personal details for the Census will make absolutely no difference at all. None. It's also no substitute for therapy or an afternoon in the sun if feeling better is the aim.
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Peter, the Census is not even the main source of lying by politicians (eg: that $50b example) so I'm not sure why you are singling it out. The stats don't spin themselves, and your refusal will not make any useful difference there.
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In the past, a national blurt about race - including irresponsible media coverage - might have been moderated by strong political leadership. Sadly that's far more likely in Auckland now than across the country, thanks to the limp 1990s free-marketeers in the big chairs.
Opportunists don't mind whistling up the base either. Watch Pita Sharples be about as frank as I've ever seen him in his disgust for Rodney Hide (CloseUp, 7 min clip).
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Media might think twice about cheap populism if they actually had to pay for its impact.
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I think people have been quite polite in taking you up on your behaviour
Ooops - didn't see that before I posted. I hope the auto-refresh in preview idea made it into the site revamp?
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without any of the advantages of conversation
Don't be a pompous git. If you waded into a real-world discussion the way you have here, you'd get a similar response.