Posts by Lilith __
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Capture: Ice Rink Luck, in reply to Robert Urquhart,
I also got out with my camera after the recent snow in Christchurch
Wow, that looks like a Thunderbirds base! The roof folds back and a rocket comes out...
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Hard News: Strange days for journalism, in reply to Joe Wylie,
As I haven’t been Trevett’s most avid follower I’m not sure if she’s taking the pfiss.
Yeah...Key goes on exhaling...dead giveaway that he's still breathing!
Love your pic though, Joe. :-)
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Hard News: Strange days for journalism, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Judith Collins is in China right now in her capacity as Minister for Ethnic Affairs
There's a Ministry for Ethnic Affairs? Never even heard of it!
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Sacha,
Who is really going to ‘over-use’ public transport if the fare is zero.
In pre-quake days the Chch city shuttles (looping around the CBD) were free, and a great convenience for shoppers, tourists, and anybody else who wished to use them. They were electric (battery powered) and stopped often so were not very speedy, but they were well-patronised. Because there was no fare to pay, people could climb on and off at both front and rear, which made it possible to carry a lot of people with minimal delay.
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Sacha,
bored hordes ride the buses all day and night
Anarchy!!
I know a few grey-haired folk who do this, just quietly, during off-peak hours.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Rob Stowell,
it’s deliberately short-term
It's not like Chch people aren't used to making do!
I had to go for a blood test a while back and the lab was shoehorned into the back of a medical practice (their usual building had fallen down). When my turn came, I was led into a very small room. I joked to the venepucturist, "Wow, this is just like a cupboard!"
She sighed and said, "It is a cupboard."
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I'd be fine with more temporary development in the CBD, shipping containers and prefabs, until good-quality new structures can be made. Otherwise it's going to be appalling!!
Edit: the Uni's done quite well with the prefab "village" they've made on the sports-field, to give office-space to those departments whose buildings are currently unusable. It's tidy and neat and fit for purpose.
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Sacha,
As soon as opponents use that framing, they’ve lost.
Such a pity, and a loss for all of us. Sick and disabled people aren't the enemy, sickness and disability is the enemy. We should be fighting the problem, not the people who have it.
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Back to the issue of “welfare dependence”, wouldn’t it be nice if that could be re-framed as “people who have difficulties in their lives which mean they can’t support themselves”?
Imagine a world in which beneficiaries had mentoring and pastoral care to help them improve their lives. I think a lot of people on the sickness and invalid’s benefits are not getting the right healthcare and treatment to enable them to improve. Many of these people have doctors who are sympathetic and helpful up to a point, but aren’t ambitious for them. Chronic health issues often present a range of options for treatment and management, and some trial and error may required to get the best possible result. Imagine if the government and doctors and beneficiaries were all working together to maximise the outcome. Imagine helping beneficiaries to get the most out of life that they can.
Instead of stressing and harassing and trying to herd beneficiaries off benefits, alienating them and worsening their problems.
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Matthew Poole,
The Government pays transport operators to provide those services.
Sometimes, if I catch a bus during the day, I'm the only fare-paying passenger on board! Everybody else has a gold card.