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Many thanks to Jackson for setting this up. I'm delighted to be able to show people some Chch things they may not be seeing in the media. There's a lot going on here, of all sorts!
And I hope others will post their own words and pictures about the Christchurch they're living in.
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Islander,
http://publicaddress.net/capture/two-tales-of-a-city/
They're bigger where they are now. And new pics from Gudrun. :-)
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Islander,
He deleted my street party photos out of this thread to put them into a new thread.
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Legal Beagle: A matter of conscience, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
the historical basis of most of our conscience issues
Sure, but does that really apply much today? How many of our MPs are committed Christians? I’d guess not that many. But many of them still hold strong and inflexible views on certain ethical issues, whether or not they believe in a deity.
I think there are good reasons for still having conscience votes on some issues, but I want those reasons to be framed in a secular way. Otherwise it seems to discriminate on the basis of religious belief.
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Graeme, I understand your point, but I wonder if it's necessary to drag gods into this debate. Plenty of atheists have very strong principles on certain issues.
Marilyn Waring famously told the National Party that there were 2 things she was prepared to cross the floor over: one was rape, and the other was the nuclear issue.
Can we distinguish between administrative issues like tax policy, and ethical ones like slavery or euthanasia?
I think the regulations about alcohol fall somewhere in between. Few people disagree that alcohol can cause great harm, but it seems useless to ban it outright. So alcohol laws are somewhere between what's ethical (harm prevention) and what's pragmatic (laws that can reasonably be enforced).
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Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to Deborah,
Best line at 4.25, from Bob Haywood: Red Zone Resident: “Silly Gerry Brownlee.”
Has no-one taught the lad to say "twonkface" yet?! I am appalled. :-)
Good Closeup item! So thrilled for the Hay-Haywoods that your house has been put together again and looks so nice!
I really hope Sutton's initiative is in time for other red-zoned people to save their houses. Like others, I boggle that he hadn't heard of David and Jen's struggles until now.
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Hebe,
anyone who doesn’t do earthquake can leave it to those of us who can’t help but return to the subject
Thanks Hebe, I think it's important that we don't just do photos of rubble and demolition! There's lots happening here apart from that.
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to JacksonP,
this series would warrant a post all on its own
Hmm. Well I'm happy to convert it to one, if you like. This isn't my sort of photography, really, but I thought the content was important.
I know Gudrun took a whole bunch of pics that same day of an anti-council protest, and I was encouraging her to put them here.
Perhaps we could do a joint post, "updates from Chch", or something?
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
they are going the wrong way not only on Madras
:-D
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Capture: Howling at the Moon, in reply to Russell Brown,
I make mention of the lack of an ethical and professional framework around the use of social media content in nearly every talk I give on this area, including one to Annie Goldson’s students last month. It never seems to improve.
Wow. It's not like social media are a brand new thing.