Posts by Paul Williams
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Yes to you and Russell... it was a beauty contest though...
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I guess you have a point that nobody would make bareback porn if people weren't consuming it.
I'm sure that's right. Shaun Robinson, EO of the NZ Aids Council, is a friend and told me of his frustration when the winner of Mr Gay NZ, in his acceptance speech, told the audience he was off to do bareback work in the US porn industry. Personal choice is one thing, entering a competion with an organisation that preaches safe sex is another.
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Does it work? I guess it does to the extent that I'm not yet prepared to go totally rogue and give up Foxtel and simply torrent the sport I watch live... it's only live sport that's keeping me with Foxtel and I do question the comparative value of extending my ISP agreement with maintaining my current subscription.
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+1 to Lucy and James. Vasectomy is the alternative for me and I'm still too squemish.
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I fear I'm being a pollyanna, but don't we all expect the current business model to rapidly collapse. AFAIK, the NY Times has a successful paywall, but are there many others? With broadcasters losing unquantifiable $$ from torrents too, I'm anticipating a business model where I can pay a fee and access any/all publishers of any content accessible online and through whatever device I prefer.
In which case, I'd likely buy content from ABC (Aust), BBC, RNZ and HBO plus a full PA feed, access to the All Blacks and Blackcaps site and totally ignore TVNZ and any/all newspapers.
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Hard News: Who owns the news?, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
I'm surprised they've not heard of TVNZ.
I've not read the report, but do they start by excluding publicly owned media and is this primarily focused on print? I don't know about others, but the media I consume is a broad mix of print, radio and online and equally a mix of on- and off-shore sourced. I seldom watch live TV and almost never for the news. I'll find time to look at the report but my initial reaction was to wonder why focus on ownership in a specific geographical market?
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In retrospect, my six year old shouldn't read this thread, not just 'cause of the last few posts incidentally; I might just go back to the well recommened book upthread.
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My six year old ought to read this thread, 'cept for a few words used are a little beyond Extension 2.
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Field Theory: Rugby World Cup stories, in reply to George Darroch,
Even the strangers in the crowd knew how gutted we were, and pulled out some champagne; for their celebration, and to soften our pain. They were kind and sincere, and we appreciated it.
Lovely story George.
I had a similar experience here in Sydney, in 2003, for the entire game, every kiwi baited every Australian in the pub and vice versa . The moment the full-time whistle sounded, two or three Aussies bought me beers and offered their sincere condolences. These experiences are a key part of why I love sport.
I've lived here for almost a decade, the Aussies are my second team... unless they're playing Samoa, then they're third.
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What Glenn said, I think Leitch has a genuine commitment to League. He certain was around when I was playing, Union, in South Auckland in the '70s and was active at grassroots level. Sure, he's made a buck along the way, but this Labour man doesn't object to that per se.