Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: nz.general: a speech, in reply to Rowan Crawford,
Yay!
"2,258 items".
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Hard News: No Red Wedding, in reply to Carol Stewart,
That’s really good to hear, George. Considerably reassured.
Ditto. I really like how a wild threadjack has turned out to be so useful.*
*This was, of course, my cunning plan all along.
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Hard News: Being Jim, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
It’s also very nice having him (and Fi) at the Film Society.
Jim always refers to you as "my friend Craig". For a young man who doesn't have very many people in his life, that's a very big thing.
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Hard News: nz.general: a speech, in reply to Kirk Alexander,
Will give this a try Russell, start saving your pennies…
Cool!
Update: Rowan Crawford has done it and stories are flowing into my Dropbox as we speak. Hurrah!
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Hard News: nz.general: a speech, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
From memory, Dad emailed details of this to Nick Wood, who thought it was hilarious and gleefully contacted Russell with news of this stuff-up by Ihug’s rival.
In the 76 pages of links to stories under my byline, there are many I'd forgotten about altogether. Thanks for the reminder!
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Hard News: nz.general: a speech, in reply to Hilary Stace,
I see another Brown is taking to the broadcast media on Sunday
Indeed! Can you hold fire on commenting on it while I write a separate post about it? coming soon.
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Hard News: Local interest, in reply to Craig Young,
I’m basing my observations on what the Ministry of Justice and its Prostitution Law Review Committee have stated in this context.
And that MoJ report seems even-handed and comprehensive. Do you know how many, if any, of its recommendations for action by respective parties have been carried out since 2009?
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Hard News: nz.general: a speech, in reply to Richard Ram,
However, I was more of a soc.culture.new-zealand type…
Hippy.
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Hard News: Local interest, in reply to Craig Young,
This is a moral panic. Some of the cis/transgender street sex workers are just as much Manukau residents as the other residents. And PROS went too far in terms of its borderline vigilante activity. Let’s not slide down the slippery slope to Central/South American-style social cleansing, shall we?
I’m not suggesting that. It just seems to me that the only response to community concerns here is to tell the community to shut up. Do you honestly believe that everyone who feels worried there is a bigot? Is there any form of regulation you would countenance? Is there a way to recognise the rights of everyone in the community? I’m just looking for some kind of positive idea.
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Hard News: No Red Wedding, in reply to Cecelia,
Great poll and a great response from Kevin Hague too about Greens’ health policy.
I’m thoroughly reassured. Do y’all want me to post his email here?
Absolutely!