Posts by Danyl Mclauchlan
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One major difference might be that one involves allegations of criminal misconduct, the other (group sex etc.) did not.
I'm not a fancy big city lawyer but I'm pretty sure rape can be classified as criminal misconduct.
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One major difference might be that one involves allegations of criminal misconduct, the other (group sex etc.) did not.
I'm not a fancy big city lawyer but I'm pretty sure rape can be classified as criminal misconduct.
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One major difference might be that one involves allegations of criminal misconduct, the other (group sex etc.) did not.
I'm not a fancy big city lawyer but I'm pretty sure rape can be classified as criminal misconduct.
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And just an FYI, Darryl, Mr. Wishart was around long before the election of the Fifth Labour Government. Trying to paint this man as some kind of National Party sock puppet is (at best) a wee bit disingenuous.
Feel free to read what I actually wrote, and if you have anything interesting to say about my actual post (as opposed to your wild misreading of it) I'll be happy to reply.
RB's scientology links give me an excuse to link to the online version of Bare Faced Messiah, the (very) unofficial biography of L Ron Hubbard. It's pretty wild.
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A large part of the later allegations appear to be based on the testomy of a twice convicted killer. The killer claims to have been threatened with having a friend raped/killed by a policeman to confess the first time and then railroaded by police to cover up a police sanctioned murder the second time.
Well that is interesting. I've heard from a number of different sources (hearsay alert) that the reason the mainstream media refused to touch Wisharts BDSM story about David Benson-Pope is because reporters at other South Island media outlets had been previously approached by a mentally ill person with serious criminal convictions trying to sell a very similar story. Wishart has never named the identity of his source for his allegations.
This is just Wellington gossip - I haven't heard it from any horses mouths, so take it with a grain of salt (and some lime and tequila) - but its interesting in light of the above comment.
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Unsurprisingly DPF et al are delighted with Wisharts latest story. I strongly suspect that in the not unlikely event that National are in government in eighteen months time people like David will quickly rue cheerleading Wishart and his particular brand of seat-sniffing journalism. I predict that it won't be long before their fearless crusader for truth has turned his guns on prominent liberal members of the National Party and we'll see Katherine Rich, Lockwood Smith and Chris Finlayson on the front cover of Investigate being charged with white-slavery, cannibalism, soy-milk smuggling, colluding with Al Qaeda or whatever else Wishart dreams up. Hell of a double-edged sword they have there.
After all, can anyone over the age of twelve categorically state that they've never been to a party at which objectionable material MIGHT have been present?
Entering litigation is not a pleasant thing, and it may simply be the case that Wishart is not worth suing.
I think it's more the case that none of the public figures Wishart targets have any desire to find themselves in a courtroom, under oath while Wisharts lawyers ask questions about their private life while a room full of journalists look on.
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no Asians, no gangsters
Sounds like a great email signature line for New Zealand First.
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I'd also note that if you really want to be petantic about 'legitimate' titles, shouldn't we be referring to the Prime Minister as Mrs Peter Davies - even though she prefers to style herself with her maiden name, and the honorific Miss, 'deservedly' used by unmarried, adult women? :)
Someone e-mail Craig and let him know 'Dad4Justice' has hijacked his PA account.
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And to stop the snark for a minute: I was very impressed with last night's debate, particularly the speeches by Shane Jones, Rodney Hide, and Brian Donnelly.
And obviously my respect for Judith Collins has just SOARED.