Posts by Sacha
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Speaker: Doing the right thing on retirement, in reply to Bart Janssen,
emotive phrases and anecdotes
Look over there while I pick your pocket..
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Speaker: Doing the right thing on retirement, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Not quite sure if I follow you with ‘political’
Disabled people working together for change. Mainly who I've been interacting with.
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Steve Barnes,
How else can you see it?
There are more than two parties running for election.
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Steve Barnes,
As for your apparent position, you seem to have just given up on any hope for an alternative to National, Labour is that only, real, hope and you seem hell bent on opposing them.
That statement tells us more about you than me.
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Thanks, Emma. Achingly beautiful. I fear how upset I'm bound to feel when I see any of this for myself again.
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I'm sure Hilary has linked to these in a previous discussion, but I'd recommend the Donald Beasley Institute's set of reports about the impact of the deinstitutionalisation of Kimberley on residents, families and staff.
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Speaker: Doing the right thing on retirement, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Colleagues who were in institutions have told me that they allowed the forming of common cause amongst a large group. The political fragmentation after de-institutionalisation is something I haven't seen discussed much.
Damn right it's the prevailing social arrangments and stereotyped beliefs about disability that are the culprit. Successive governments have paid lip service at best to changing that.
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Steve Barnes,
they just didn't have the numbers, not enough people voted for an effective opposition and Maori turned their back on Labour for spiteful reasons.
That's just laughably tribal. Previous oppositions have done better and everyone can see that. And as for any spite, it's a two-way street - "haters and wreckers" sound familiar? And ask the Greens about dealing with Labour.
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Hard News: Walking upright again, in reply to Tamsin6,
Sorry, nothing personal. Has happened a bit lately and one of the things I always appreciate here is how people provide the source.
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Speaker: Doing the right thing on retirement, in reply to Joe Wylie,
My parents were minor functionaries in a system that they didn't choose to join.
The things that make inhumane systems survivable often come down to good humans doing what they can.