Posts by Michael Savidge
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PC,
Indeed I do have a fairly cogent understanding of Rand's philosophy. But I try not to imagine such apocalyptic scenarios so soon after lunch ;)
BTw, are you, or anyone you respect getting some of that Working for Families gravy? Anybody giving it back in disgust?
And John Key's Mum was "paid" to have him. And lots of other people too. Not all of them turned to murdering strangers or their own kin. So what's your point?
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Eugenics? Please. Hyperbole never helps an argument. And you being offended by the facts doesn't alter them.
Well it can help make a unimaginative argument more amusing. But point taken.
What does offend me is your seeming unwillingness to engage with the elephants. It's not enough to say enough is enough (and may get you tainted by a very grubby brush). Such, ahem, hyperbole is unlikely to alter the circumstances that precipitate much criminal offending. Which IMHO likely stems from systemic disadvantage as anything else. I say, like the soft-cocked lefty I am, that we try and start there. Would you consider dipping your hand in your own pocket if it meant a reduction in crime down the road? Please answer sharpish as I am holding my breath here.
Your solution seems to require less empathy and understanding of what drives people to crime and more concentrated outrage (I believe villification was your preferred term) at the inevitable results of a somewhat fucked-up society.
Can't really see rampant Randism helping much either.
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You left out the Phoenix win.
Indeed. And as a local boy, you should be forced to stand on the cnr of Courtney and Tory bearing a placard that says, " Even without my recognition, they will rise from the ashes"*.
*Only to plummet again in short order.
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Ok, have read it.
Basically you want a couple of things. One, a stiffening of both our attitude and response to criminal behaviour. Fair call.
Two, Eugenics. Or, if that fails, the economic genocide of "no-hopers" and their malevolent offspring.
Not really quite so fair.
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it's high time there was a decent response to this number of murders from the agency whose sole moral justification is the protection of people's lives and liberties.
And just what would you have them do that would have effectively prevented any of those 51 murders?
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Really good post Russell. And it'll be interesting to see what response you get from PC, if any.
It genuinely surprises me that someone with such apparently tasteful consideration of all things architectural, artistic and beer-tastic can be so rabidly myopic about the ability of the state to control the effects of human emotion.
I wonder if you've embarrassed him with this.
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We are five days into a general election campaign -- and if the media isn't actually going to take this seriously, I don't see why anyone else should.
Now who's all emo?
And Craig, keep in mind you're very much part of the media these days.
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When the default global currency becomes worthless, there could be some flow-on effects even in far-off NZ. IMHO, of course.
Stephen, your post was chilling. I'm a rank amateur and was wondering whether the kind of avarice and corruption that caused the problem can also potentially fix it? Y'now, smoke and mirrors galore till things miraculously recover?
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I didn't realise it at the time but, when younger, I wanted to be a somewhat benevolent dictator.
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The woman is a vindictive nutcase.
She'll fit right in then. You also underestimate the power of good teeth and hair.