Helping refugees and social housing are goods in themselves, you don't need to be a recipient to work that out.
why do we have to define sentience?
Okay, I think even if the voter is unconscious of their own ideological leanings while voting, the fact that they are voting for an ideological position makes the voter ideological. So the person "hurting" the plant makes that pain sentient.
I guess I still consider that an ideology, conscious or not.
Sure, particular ideologies should be viewed with suspicion. But calling people out on being ideological seems silly. Especially from the left.
I've wondered aloud here a few times why ideology is used as a derogatory slur, and only seem to get dogmatic responses like the one from one anonymous bloke.
Does anyone more suitable spring to mind to counter Matthew?
The question should be where is Mike Williams when Hooton goes on these Randian rapages.
I posted a week or so ago wondering why ideology had become a dirty word. It seems having a set of principals and sticking to them, as has been suggested here. Is another way of calling for an ideological stance. But Andrew Little thinks a policy can be ...
Sure. I'm just pointing out a technical problem. Maybe manu doesn't know about the desktop option.
Bill, the reply option is not there for android phones viewing in the mobile format.
Adam your ideology sounds like the brand I'm concerned about... That is some kind of pragmitism or relativism which has turned dogmatic.
Right, I guess I ask because in the past when I have heard the term ideology used as an insult, it has come from Key etc. I thought the rights objection to ideology was it was an antithesis to right thinking, common sense, pragmatic, mainstream, blah blah ...
Thanks G C that was my understanding as well. which is why it seems strange when people get "accused" of ideology
Right, so ideology in general is okay.
I heard Andrew Little repeatedly dismissing national for being "ideological" When and why did ideology become such a dirty word?
I've been banging this drum a while, Labour must apologize or at least give up the name Labour. Rebrand as the liberals and let someone else pick up the mantle. And I was 3 in 1984.
Yes, and if you think that's bad look up Russ Roberts the interviewer.
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/06/martin_weitzman.html An interesting discussion from the right on climate change apropos James Shaw's position.
While we are waiting/actively pursuing our own free media, the united States (believe it or not) has a good listener supported current affairs show. http://m.democracynow.org
A short dystopian story In the year 2024 Gerry Brownlee slowly rises in the east Illuminating the night sky, his slow orbit round the planet serves as a beacon of gratification for mainstream New Zealanders. In the moonlight Jihadi John Banks squats ...
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