Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Drunk Town, in reply to Matthew Poole,
An automatic night in the cells for fighting in public
Seems better targeted than merely for being drunk. Belligerence and abusive behaviour is the main public safety issue. I'd rather also address that with therapy, but removing the immediate risk of harm seems appropriate.
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Hard News: Drunk Town, in reply to andin,
the prison thing is current rather than ancient
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Hard News: Women and their representations, in reply to Russell Brown,
quite. #roflnui
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Hard News: Women and their representations, in reply to Russell Brown,
I'm laughing well before that point.
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Tom Semmens,
Great example of real choices being made, and foregone. The public need champions applying pressure to make clear what values and priorities drive such decisions. They sure as hell aren't based on evidence of what works best.
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Teachers already know which students need more help. A better question is why they aren't getting it.
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Hard News: Drunk Town, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Selling to minors is financially profiting from criminal activity. I could make a case that we should be seizing these outlets and selling them as proceeds of crime.
good point.
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Auckland has several pairs of cops walking the beat around Queen Street, as well as the various vehicle patrols. However, they can't be everywhere and it only takes one brawl to soak up most of the ready resources.
Someone suggested (online somewhere recently, can't recall) using the same approach as New Years Eve hotspots like Whangamata for downtown Auckland and Welli - build extra holding pens and without tying up street staff, use quick processing to triage any who need medical help. The rest spend an uncomfortable night away from the fun, then are released without charge so there's little staff time on paperwork. Rinse and repeat.
Our cops seem pretty happy to deploy arrest-and-release on legitimate street protestors, so why not troublesome violent drunkards? And if it's wrong for them, then stop locking up anyone waving a banner inconveniently.
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Hard News: Drunk Town, in reply to Matthew Poole,
We automatically suspend the driver's licences of people who are convicted of driving drunk, for a first offence, for six months.
Good point. How is a fourth offence by a liquor outlet not comparable?
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I'm upset by losing our assets but we'll survive that
Not so sure when electricity is utterly crucial for the 21st century industries that we need more of.