Posts by Daman Saini
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Polity: Refugees and aid - we’re laggards, in reply to linger,
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I believe that Yes, New Zealand is a smaller country and shouldn’t be forced or have to take in more people than already allocated. But we are still making the effort to provide shelter to refugees. Yes, maybe our government can do a lot better, and are somewhat lazy and don’t really care, which can be due to as you said, that people are disinterested in other countries and their problems. But my point is not about the government, my point is about the refugees, and what are the problems associated with them. I think Winston Peters made a pretty good point where he suggested only taking in woman and children refugees from Syria, and telling the men to return home and fight. I too believe that New Zealand can do a lot better, but as Winston Peters had previously stated that we’ve got mass immigration, so let’s just give shelter to woman and children and tell men to go back and fight for their country and freedom. For me personally, only problems the men will face is that they will be sent back to a highly dangerous place, which could potentially end up in a lot of deaths. Moreover, these men are not military trained, they don’t know the fundamentals of war and fighting, they’re normal family orientated men. Another problem with letting refugees in New Zealand, who have no legitimate form of identification, could end up being a potential threat or something similar, for New Zealand. On the other hand, even if we send the men back to fight, there are nearly 1000 rebel groups and who will those men fight for? There are a lot of threats when we talk about sending them back, but they need to fight for their country, like other countries have.
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Hard News: Not yet standing upright, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I like your statement about how the flags have been digitally designed, I believe a flag should not be digitally designed because it’s not original, in my opinion a digitally designed flag portrays laziness. If the prime minister wants to change the flag because it has no identity and people do not respond well to it, then designing it digitally really serves no point. On the other hand, a hand crafted design shows original creativity, it shows hard work which is an important factor if New Zealand wants to be seen as a hard working country which thrives off adversity. A flag represents an idea, or an ideal. To highlight this idea, it’s important to understand that a flag is not an object to be honoured for itself, it is honoured for what it represents. I believe we should not focus on the idea of our flag being aesthetic just for the sake of it, changing the flag could make other countries perceive us as a nation who does not embrace its original symbols. We’ve looked at why not to change the flag but do you think why we should? What is your or anyone’s take on this. I'm open to any suggestions or feedback which can further mine or other peoples ideas