Posts by Russell Brown
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And meanwhile, in the Complete Fucking Moron News, Scribe has weighed in on Jesse Ryder's assault.
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Hard News: Violence in the streets, in reply to phil a,
I understand the feeling of being blamed by some when being the victim of an unprovoked attack. It’s totally unfair, unhelpful, & hurtful.
I thought about you when I wrote this, bro. I thought about you.
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This story is interesting:
New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive Steve Tew says players just can not be the same as those outside of the sporting world
“All of our teams have pretty well-considered protocols and it is increasingly difficult for our guys to go out and have normal lives, and that’s just part and parcel of being professional sports people.’’
Former All Blacks coach Graham Henry told Newstalk ZB’s Tony Veitch All Black players are not allowed into bars without security.
Because there’ll always be some creep who wants to have a pop at you. I don’t envy these young guys that, at all.
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Hard News: Violence in the streets, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Within what seemed like hours the perpetrators have been identified and let out on bail.
Because they were easily identifiable. There were witnesses, cctv and a home address courtesy of the taxi company. They've been charged -- a charge which will withut any doubt be upgraded, depending on how Jesse fares.
A man past retirement age but still working on Highways of National’s Impotence, gets callously shot to death while attempting to ensure the safety of others and the police drag their collective feet in tracking down the killer, “we are building a database of likely vehicles” they say. WTF? we have a register of vehicles in this country already, go take a look Sherlock.
Because it's a mystery. It still seems very unclear what happened. There's no vehicle, weapon, motive or likely suspect identified so far. But the cops are interviewing people as far afield as Auckland. I see no indication that they're not taking it seriously.
Also, Jesse Ryder plays cricket, not rugby.
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Hard News: Good Friday Music, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
”A Fire In Happy Land” is harder than the family-friendly hip hop/pop they came known for. It even involves the F-word. Choice.
Wow! I had no idea. That's quite a thing.
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Salad Boys live at Camp A Low Hum this year.
Awesomely, they're actually playing with The Bats in Christchurch on May 10.
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Up Front: Oh, Grow Up, in reply to BenWilson,
The irony of that is that you are a natural critical thinker, as I see it.
Thank you. But still probably not a natural teacher of it. My logic is too fuzzy for that.
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Oh, also, I realise I left one thing out of the original post -- an invtation for ya'll to share your thoughts on what you'd like to see on PA (my time and budget permitting). So I've added that.
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Up Front: Oh, Grow Up, in reply to Emma Hart,
I think kids can do critical thinking courses in high school now.
Philosophy is taught in some primary schools now, as well as secondaries.
Leo, who hasn't been to school since form one (or whatever they call it these days), had been asking me the kind of questions which implied a need for the kind of intellectual framework I'm not well-equipped to provide.
Fortunately, I know a philosopher!
Dr Matthew Dentith has been Leo's philosophy and critical thinking tutor for a few months now, and it's been brilliant. They will quite often take their cue from an element of a video game and explore the ideas it invokes. They're usually in there for four hours, the last of which Matthew tells me is "chum time".
This has been such a great thing for us. I am in no hurry for Matthew to get a proper job, although his mileage may vary on that.
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Up Front: Oh, Grow Up, in reply to Damian Christie,
But dammit I still wear sneakers!
I bought another t-shirt from the Huffer outlet on Sunday. I feel anachronistically old when I do that.