Posts by Jacqui Dunn
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No spaces between the letters and you will win. :)
Oh, you mean like that? Gah! I was just going to do "....." like a real dummy!
Sorry everyone. When I get over my embarrassment I might be brave enough to ask the meaning of some of the words I see and don't understand. But not now. Sufficient unto the day......
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or...
Do it an altogether other way.
Thank you Ian. And thank you Sofie. So far, I've managed bold and italics but the flipping quoty thing I just couldn't fathom.
Ah, but I've just noticed. I quoted Ian, but it hasn't greyed out like everyone else's.
See. Double duh!
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<Okay, what I did there was this:
(quote)who can't for the life of me figure out how to do a quote as outlined next to the post box! Duh!(/quote)
Except instead of parentheses, I used pointy brackets like < this and this >
Make sense?>
Um.....
I'll try Ian's.
Don't wait though, please. It's embarrassing. -
Interesting that Spartacus is looking for a Caucasian male - now there's a word one doesn't hear these days - caucasian. I see in the dictionary online that it is no longer a technical term, and can't remember when it faded out. You'd hear it used in describing (usually) an offender, or missing person, but I haven't registered it being used for ages. Nowadays it all seems to be "maori or Pacific Islander" being looked for. Maybe it's because all caucasians are good people, safe at home? ;)
This, in response to mentions of "New Zealander" rather than "European" further up thread, I should say.
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"but if you wallow with pigs you'll get stood on eventually."
Oh, Oh! So unfair to pigs. Pigs are very intelligent animals! (Unlike me, who can't for the life of me figure out how to do a quote as outlined next to the post box! Duh!)
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"There are people losing work already."
I stand corrected on that point. And yes, that would hurt.
However, on the idea that by taking certain action, you are threatening to hurt people, I'm not so sure.The bottom line for me is this: What or who started this? Did everyone involved have all the facts? What is happening at the moment?
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"It matters how many people you hurt, and how hard you hurt them. I think the people being hurt at least have a right to hear why they're being hurt and who is doing it."
They're not hurt yet. They may not get hurt. There's a lot of fear around, which is understandable, and that may hurt - I'd think the actors are also hurting too. Have they been used as a cat's paw?
Any action which jeopardizes, or appears to jeopardize, people's livelihoods is something which deserves serious, calm, rational thought. My fear is that someone has pushed for action while either not knowing all the facts, or through some ulterior motive. It may be that anyone outside the industry will never know exactly what the truth is. Like - was there a ballot on what was the next and best move? Anyone outside the union would be guessing who was for and who was against, but those in the union should know. But as an outsider, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting to find out. It's private - it's family.
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I see Kyle has more than adequately argued my point. Sorry - don't seem to have quite mastered the post-posting edit
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"Isn't that exactly the point Jacqui? The actors' actions don't just affect themselves, they affects thousands of other NZers"
Yes, I am not arguing about that, but I was answering a post that asked how many actors vs. how many other parties - a sort-of demonstration of might being right? Any one section of any one industry will most often be outnumbered by the rest of the industry. Should individual areas not fight for recognition/conditions of employment/fair recompense? Or be bullied into not fighting?
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"I hope the ankle management course works,
get well soon..."Ha ha, and thank you :))