Posts by Lilith __
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Hard News: Media3: Where harm might fall, in reply to Kumara Republic,
they have the nerve to whinge about PC gone mad. Anti-PC really is the new PC.
Too much policing of speech can be very stifling. It can be just as bullying as some of the hatey trolls.
I'm not at all defending the scum who won't get out of the sewer; but I'm sure we all know places on the internet that nobody can say anything without getting policed as subtly offensive or exclusionary. It's exhausting.
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Speaker: Selling the Dream: The Art of…, in reply to Joe Wylie,
to hold your first book is a pretty cool feeling
Onya
+1
And me. Congratulations, Peter! :-)
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the proposed 10 Communications Principles :
Principle 1
A communication should not disclose sensitive personal facts about an individual.
Principle 2
A communication should not be threatening, intimidating, or menacing.
Principle 5
A communication should not be part of a pattern of conduct that constitutes
harassment.Principle 7
A communication should not contain a matter that is published in breach of confidence.
<cough> Paula Bennett.
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Hard News: Media3: Where harm might fall, in reply to Idiot Savant,
the Law Commission is proposing establishing a heckler's veto here. And that's just not a good idea.
The other thing that strikes me as problematic is the sheer volume of argument on the internet. Even if you restrict the field to NZ-based sites (not sure how they're planning to do this, as it's perfectly legal to get DNS and hosting offshore), how on earth could anybody keep track of all the offensive things being said? And wouldn't the Tribunal immediately get clogged up with gazillions of complaints?
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to JacksonP,
Night all.
And Jackson ducks off. ;-)
What fine and well-fed mallards those look. -
Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Jos,
and proud mum
Jos, how am I supposed to choose my wallpaper now? Spoiled for choice! :-D
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Nora Leggs,
feeding frenzy or “Duck Storm”
There's almost no room left for the water, it's all duck!
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Jos,
fly past this morning as well
You have been flushing out the wildlife Jos! ;-)
I remember once driving along at 50km/h and noticing a flying duck comfortably matching my speed.
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Jos,
Flying pukeko, contre-jour…
Jos, that is a superb shot. I think that will be my wallpaper now!
I remember being quite put off a NZ novel that describes a pukeko waving its "stubby blue flightless wings"
They are neither stubby, nor flightless, nor blue!!
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Daffys. Courtesy Auckland City Council.
That's a very in-your-face flower!
reminds me in an odd sort of way of my cat first thing in the morning.