Posts by andin
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Up Front: The Up-Front Guides: The…, in reply to DexterX,
Most metaphors don’t bear close examination
What my jokey tone didnt convey that! bugger
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Oh Fuck it hey Krack I'm not Richard Dawkins but I guess I'll have to do.
“So an infinite being, who can not be less than infinite is relatable generally via providence and immediately at a human scale by the incarnation…alright,
Thus Jesus, Oh right. Do you need a translator. No I guess three would be company in this case.
Einstein talked about the immanence of divinity in the orderliness, indeed the beauty of the universe in that order,
You would be referring to the Einstein who came out with the "god doesnt play dice" quote that era I'm guessing. Something he later admitted was wrong. And he wasnt referring to GOD just his sense of the divine. He didnt really understand the quantum world who does! And there aint no unseen order it's chaos out there. Dont be fooled by pretty picture of galaxies and stars. Tho scientists working on the Higgs Boson say its properties are godlike. Oh shit perhaps we are all zombies controlled from the subatomic world.
Blake wrote about heaven in a wild flower…
And in certain states of mind I can talk to flowers and they talk back, not words you understand(flowers dont have vocal chords) just sensing feelings. Who needs heaven or Blake.
discuss matters civilly without retreating into tribalism.
You dont understand tribalism.
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"there won’t be scary monsters, will there?"
Hey! its Villa Dalmacija if your nice they might let you at the bar after
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Hebe,
It would be nice to see some public fruit trees in the frame, even community gardens
Dont think any of the developers have studied Permaculture or heard of Davis California
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Hard News: Keeping our heads on "bath salts", in reply to Scott Chris,
The market, if allowed, would select the best drugs.
The market?.....oh! you mean people.
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Ah my point! human behaviour mmm all kinds of things pop up. things we never thought of so it comes to contingence planning, figuring in a lot of what ifs. A few years down the way, scratching of heads, as something authorities hadnt factored toddles along. Yeah as someone said its the way we're drinking, isnt there a longer term way of facing this, than throw 'em in a drunk tank for the night.
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Hard News: Drunk Town, in reply to Matthew Poole,
but if we can house prisoners in shipping containers for long periods of time
We used to hang people for stealing bread too. Or should I say sometime in our past "we" did. Anyway not a good starting or comparison point. The problems are historical, geographical, cultural and social in various combinations. But that makes most peoples heads spin, you know actual causes, so nothing changes
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What is there a moral dilemma de jour about the way people are behaving when their consciousness is altered? OK drunk, not reeelly an altered state.
Well I never!
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Hard News: The Perfect Drug, in reply to Russell Brown,
and more to do with the unshakeable political wisdom that there’s not enough political upside to taking an evidence-based approach to drug policy.
Ah yes pandering to peoples ignorance. Anyway why baffle with science when you can scare the crap outta people with horror tittletattle.
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should we look to an abundant resource virtually untapped, right on our rooftops?
Yes, and could we get rid of the elecricity market free-for-all while we're about it.
What if we made a concerted effort to eliminate every opossum, rat and mustelid not just from outlying islands, but from the entire country?
Yes, but could we have a possum farm area they're got excellent fur.
do New Zealand’s technologies and expertise put it in a unique position to teach the world to feed itself?
No, what sort of silly hippie dream is this?
Should New Zealand stop being a ‘town in a country’ and increase the population – i.e. 15 million people in the next 50 years?
Mixed feelings about this one. I wont articulate them and I wont be there to either for reasons...well.
And what does ‘brand New Zealand’ really mean?
Not what johnnygoldentonsils thinks it does. God I hate that word "branding"