Posts by Keir Leslie
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Obviously "Fuck Helen Clark" would have different connotations, because fuck is a gendered term. But a crowd chanting "Fuck David Cunliffe"? I wouldn't join in, and it's probably not going to be a hugely popular way of expressing your dislike for the Labour party, but it is basically fair enough, part of the game.
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Yeah imagine young people actually expressing a political view! And getting excited about voting! Can't have that.
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Except, ah, look above at the post where you do exactly that.
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Yeah I dunno like Rob Salmond, I would just rather not to do the weird purge thing. I dunno. Just me.
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But for reals, it is just the absolute laziest analysis in the world.
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Oh god lord it's the dread ABCs again. Really?
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Similarly, both the Empire State Building and whales are very big, but they are not both buildings. I mean what on earth are you on about --- I think we can expect slightly better than first year tut meanderings here.
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Whyte is engaged in a disingenuous exercise, where he acts as a politician then demands to be treated as a philosopher. Politics is a contact sport, and he's aggressively engaging in a very disgusting and immoral political exercise, of course he's going to get aggressive responses.
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The bit where there are practical problems is part of what's genius about universal te reo. It means you commit to building an infrastructure to deliver the reo to every school kid in the country, which is a big investment in the language.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Good ideas and grumbles, in reply to Russell Brown,
It's part of the general hollowing out of the press in NZ, no? Certainly the position in Chch for the visual arts has dramatically worsened over the past 10-15 years.
I have a vague feeling students' associations are weaker these days as well, which hurts student radio and chances of them running successful shows themselves, although that may be general political bias.