Posts by Kyle Matthews
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You may recognise the logo, even if you haven't heard it referred to that way before.
If only spaghetti junction was as simple as the logo.
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The classification of charitable purpose (religion, education, relief of poverty and general good - I think you got the last one wrong Matthew: culture is not a purpose in itself, so far as I know) was the result of a 19th Century judgment by the Law Lords of the House of Lords, in the Old Country. It has never been before our House of Representatives, it has never been law.
Actually parliament defined it in the Charities Act 2005:
5 (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, charitable purpose includes every charitable purpose, whether it relates to the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, or any other matter beneficial to the community.
I still maintain that labelling any income churches receive as a charitable donation no matter what it's used for is dodgy, though.
Why? In most churches, the money will go towards maintaining and providing the premises and providing a priest or other spiritual leader, whose income will be taxed at the other end.
I fail to see why that is any less worthy of charitable status than a sports club or cultural entity. Are we so overrun with such heinous/overly rich religions in NZ that we need to suddenly tax their income? I fail to see any widespread problem requiring a fix.
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The title of the piece is inspired: Nick Smith Is Shit.
A Dunedin artist did an excellent bust of Lockwood Smith in 1994 made out of horse manure. About twice life seze. Oh how we laughed!
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I hated Shaun of the Dead.
Heathen! Though I think Shaun improves the more you are into zombie movies, as it pokes good fun at them.
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I have a very long cleaver.
Okay, it's a pike.
Careful you don't accidentally gut him as well. Actually no, I withdraw that, swing wildly sir!
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Shaking our heads won't achieve anything. Cutting his balls off, on the other hand...
I'm glad you are volunteering because I ain't going near those things, even with gloves.
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This thread increasingly feels like PAS at its worst, not sure why.
Can't we go back to shaking our heads at Michael Laws?
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The short-sightedness of universities in NZ is hard to fathom sometime.
Budget cuts are almost starting to bite here. Increasingly first year courses are there to make money, pedagogical concerns have slid back down the priority list.
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but isn't compulsory DNA gathering and storing for suspects the same as fingerprinting?
Also, you get fingerprinted after being arrested, this would be before.
I don't have a problem with DNA in principle, but it should be taken under an order from an external agency such as a judge, or after conviction.
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Like Craig, I wonder how seeing Bill English speak would encourage people to support National.
Well you could apply that to a fair few people in parliament who opened their mouths and still got elected.