Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Diverse Auckland: are we…, in reply to BenWilson,
Apart from that I really can’t see what you’re getting at.
I think I can see it. Essentially, the question of whether more diversity is a good thing is not settled according to JH. He’s asking why it’s good. Good for whom? Good for what purpose? Good in itself, perhaps?
I meant blaming immigrants for the fact that people supposedly don't grow veges or keep chooks any more. Not seeing the connection at all.
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Pasifika! Spread over two days this time, and the better for it. There were some fine ukuleles on display.
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Hard News: Diverse Auckland: are we…, in reply to jh,
that sounds like a straw man argument; you are using that to represent those opposed to policies promoting diversity -mass migration. In other words there are no reasonable objections.
You're on the verge of "protesting too much" there.
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Hard News: Diverse Auckland: are we…, in reply to jh,
It didn’t bother Dicken’s that England was a (your word) mono culture.
There were many things about his age that bothered Dickens, from the class system to the power of the church. But London in particular has long reflected the world. It has had succession of prevailing cultures, a Jewish population for nearly 1000 years, etc.
When I lived in London, a large part of what I liked about it was the vitality of its immigrant cultures, and how they interacted with the new country.
By the same token, in 2014, it’s hard to imagine an Auckland identity without Pasifika.
And what of the effects on the culture of New Zealand’s working classes of mass migration. How many people these days have hens or grow their own vegetables?
My elderly Chinese immigrant neighbours do both, and very well. Apart from that I really can’t see what you’re getting at.
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Lovely video from the forthcoming album by the Phoenix Foundation's Conrad Wedde, uploaded today:
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Hard News: Diverse Auckland: are we…, in reply to Sacha,
It’s just another word for variety. Not recognition, tolerance or respect, which is what you seem to be conflating it with.
Quite. In some respects, diversity could negatively impact on tolerance, if it means more people with conservative social or religious views.
I do regard a broader range of faces and voices as a good thing, though, and I'm intrigued by how many people seem to feel the same way.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Both sides of…, in reply to Peter Darlington,
* Disclaimer: I don't actually have 'sets" as such. I just listen to music on my computers by myself.
Well played.
+1
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Hard News: Friday Music: Both sides of…, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
I like how he draws on his extensive back catalogue, but not exclusively–unlike bands like the Stones who haven’t done anything new for yonks.
This is a very good point. In general, I enjoyed hearing his new(er) stuff way more than his old stuff.
No disgrace in leaving before the encore. Did so for Neil Young, after three hours of standing in a crammed space on sticky plastic.
Well, you knew it was going to be four old dudes jamming for half an hour. But it bears noting that two of my highlights from that show were from his current album.
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Hard News: Drugs, development and reality, in reply to Matt Graylee,
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That was actually quite awesome.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Both sides of…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
DisOrientation
Home Brew brouhaha brewing…Those guys just cannot keep out of trouble.
I was going to sympathise with them -- I've been at gigs at Lincoln and they weren't pretty -- but it doesn't seem like the poor kid did anything to warrant it. Dick move.
