Posts by Deborah
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Winston Churchill did NOT say that democracy was the worst form of government.
Here's what he actually said:
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and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short
I thought that was a description of Rodney Hide.
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it is the Socratic way to provoke to extremes, and I am a huffy jaded new fogey cynic.
Socrates was not a Cynic, of course.
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At uni, however, tutors were very useful cats.
<i>Added bonus is it is semi-acceptable to have one as a love interest.</i>
Ahem.... I married mine.
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I was going for 500 posts and 15,000 views -- got the latter closing in on the former ...
__Cracked it, Russell.__
And there was me thinking it was all about human rights issues.
I think it's okay to enjoy the process while remaining deeply concerned about the content.
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I was going for 500 posts and 15,000 views -- got the latter closing in on the former ...
Cracked it, Russell.
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Whatever, Yoza. I buy cock-up over conspiracy every time.
One of the interesting things about NZ is that we all know each other, within just two or three degrees of separation. When that first unedited clip played on TV3 news, the first question on the blogs was, "Does anyone know where that house is?". And what do you know, someone did. Several people on this blog have commented that they know, personally, some of the people behind bars.
We all know the "ruling elite" here, and their dirty little secrets, all too well. Our democracy is incredibly robust, as shown by the extent to which most of us are at least prepared to withhold judgement, and often enough deeply sceptical, of the evidence, until it has been presented in court. Sure, we would all like to know more right now. I'm strongly of the view that the police are on notice, and their case had better be bloody good. But that's evidence of the strength of government of the people, by the people, and for the people, in this country.
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Bastards, all.
You mean, "bustards".
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Maharey is going to be Vice-Chancellor of Massey University.
Well, he's got to be better than the current one...
Yes... well... that's very close to the bone for me.