Posts by George Darroch
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Constitutions mean little in the face of a compliant judiciary. What's important is an active citizenry.
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the saying 'nobody walks...' applies just as much to the innocent as the guilty - often a wrong answer in questioning or words taken out of context mean that someone who was guilty of X and was about to be charged with X (and probably deserves to be charged with X), is instead charged with the more serious offence of Y.
If the police are looking to build a case against certain activists, and the activist community is feeling targeted, then such behaviour becomes instantly understandable.
RB, could you change the paragraph where it says "Scoop's photograph of the search warrant for the Wellington house suggests a similar haul." The photograph in question is actually for a house in Symonds St Auckland. Cheers!
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Joe Hendren recontextualises the allegations that the SIS was spying on Maori activists, which they so vehemently denied and the SST had to retract.
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Correction due: the list of items in the scoop photograph linked to actually relates to an Auckland address - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0710/S00222.htm
My apologies for posting that pic to the system without providing the context!
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I'd like to point out at this stage that name suppression has been applied, and another kiwi blog is still ignoring it.
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I'd think that this list of offending
trademe purchases would indicate that at least one person likes running round like a soldier... -
But of course, a healthy dose of skepticism needs to be applied to all of this until the facts are clear.
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Che, I think Neil's right, if you define 'armed sectarian conflict', or 'something pretty nasty' as one or more people being killed by an organised group. That is what the police are alleging was being planned.
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Yes, these are familiar narratives and anxieties, and I expect the events to be framed using them, with a dash of 'terrorism' thrown in.
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At the moment I'm remaining cynical of claims from all sides. A lot of things are being implied that might be only partly true, out of context...