Posts by Steve Barnes
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I thought the "religeous right" were against any form of prenatal correction.
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'coulda been a contender' joke
'coulda been a container... wharf.
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things need to be rushed through without the necessary thought.
That IS Nationals forte after all.
Geez don't get me started on the stupidity of that move.
Ditto.
And, of course that previous comment should have been,
"we are NOT all athletes you know."
NOTTUB TIDE (if I say it backwards, is it more likely to happen?) -
Totally agree jarbury but I would add, A Bus Station.
There's one across the road
Cross the road, we are nat all athletes you know.
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First time I read it I read it as;
"Should a smack, as part of good prenatal correction, be a criminal offence in New Zealand?"
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That reminds me of the warning on Sky Tv
"We advise the use of the parental lock out function"
I always envision kids locking their parents out in the garden and settling in to watch porn. -
No no, parental correction. The correcting of parents.
My bad, smack me with that rattle why don't you?.
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"Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?"
When I heard this question a while back I thought it was a joke, you know, a satire on how the question would be posed if it were framed by wingnuts. I never realised it was official.
The part of the question that i find inappropriate is the "good parental correction ". This, at best, is subjective and in itself can be broken down further.
Good?, what is good? is it the end result of something that is "better" , as our current Govt. advertised itself as? How do we define it in such a way as to be unambiguous enough to be part of a serious political question?.
Parental correction?. This is completely out of kilter for any political line.
how do you define correct? Do we assume that children are "evil" at birth and need to be "corrected"? surely this would go against the grain with the most God fearing of parents?The question should read "Should assault of a child be a criminal offence in New Zealand?" and leave it to the courts to determine what constitutes assault.
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Totally agree jarbury but I would add, A Bus Station.
And as I said before, the cruise ship terminal only needs to be minimal as long as it links to proper transport and feels "welcoming" -
As soon as I posted that I got an earworm.
"All the teachers down the pub handing round the ready rubbed..."
Does anyone else remember drunken teachers reeking of tobacco?. Or am I just that old?.