Posts by Kyle Matthews
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I'm not carrying any water for the man, but I don't understand why people and organisations who should know better keep throwing themselves into the grinder of his ego...
The vague hope that TVNZ might cover news on its news shows, rather than having guests on and then harassing them about their appearance? The fact that he's been a dick in the past shouldn't mean that he should continue to be a dick and TVNZ not do anything about it. A bit hopeful I know.
Also probably some commitment to their cause which involves getting issues out in front of the population, which is going to often involve the media.
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Round and round and round..
I've taken to sitting on my hands.
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Location of the ACMA-like body in government? Is it an independant body like PCE, not independant but seperate like the Electricity Commission, part of the Ministry for Odds and Sods (sorry - Internal Affairs), a division of the Police? How will this choice affect its operations?
I would suggest that it should have similar status and guidelines as the office of the censor, which seems to me to typically do a fairly good job balancing individual rights and concerns of the state.
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The rumour from "Labour Party sources" was that Cullen intends to resign before May 2009 budget to be an Iwi Treaty Negotiator.
Yeah, I've heard that as well.
Which would be interesting. You'd think he could do 'better' in terms of profile and working internationally, but he might be choosing to work in a very difficult area here in New Zealand. Which is a nice commitment.
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From dictionary.com:
Socialism –noun
1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2. procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3. (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.I think lots of people other than Marx have theorised on the first two without including the third.
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I may be wrong but I do not think 1984 and the Handmaid's Tale are Sci-Fi
According to science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, "a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method." (wikipedia)
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My impression of the Emma System would be that illegal sites would be targeted by the law. So the list should stay pretty short over a long period of time (possibly places that are illegal in one country but not in another?).
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by Len Kravitz, Ph.D
Are you going to go my way?
Wait... different guy? Damn.
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I see the infomercial now. 'The Matthews Cucumber Diet: eat as many cups of cucumber as you can stand per day and watch the pounds drop off!'
You could make millions, Kyle.
I think you'll find in order to lose weight, you'll need to drop down to under 100 cups of cucumber.
On this basis, I can't see it working, who's going to make that sacrifice for longer life and improved health?
I'm going to not respond to Ben again because... ugh. It seems pointless at this stage.
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But parents don't have sex in the house or anywhere else--do they???
I believe that rule only applies if they're married. Parents living in sin... well, probably sin I guess.
how do you define a legal versus an illeagal site?
Legal would be 'legal to view in the country of the filtering software company'.
Illegal would be... well not legal.
So illegal would include beastiality, child porn.
Legal would include stuff that is legal but which you might want to restrict - legal porn, er, anarchist handbook etc.