More to the point - it's the children's education that needs protecting, not the schools. Schools are targets for the Taliban. So why one earth are people building them and filling them with children? Instead of spending vast amounts of time and money on ...
Thanks Paul - starting to make sense now
Thanks for the lesson … and another point for anyone interested; you can be really, really angry without a hint of frothing and yelling. People of this sort (and I suspect Little is one of them) turn their anger into effective action, rather than ...
Fully agree lprent - bad, bad legislation, and am one of those who feel Labour made the best choice in an extremely difficult situation, hard though it was to swallow. I just thank god that, although many lefties saw it as treasonous, at least their vote ...
Fully agree with all above, but nevertheless can't help thinking what a field day ShonkyJohnkey would be having if Labour hadn't voted along with that bill. Whatever the rights & wrongs & unfairness of it, the message that Labour doesn't care about NZers' ...
Apologies - I presumed you were referring to the bunch of posts immediately preceding, urging Little to become apoplectic on a daily basis from now till the next election.
Do you believe everything you read, Wendigo? (especially everything by Gordon McLachlan!) The patronising tone of that book sickened me - and a few weeks after I finished it the Springbok tour happened… passionless? yeah, right! A lot of us just know that ...
Some examples of Little simpering and cowering, please (since he's the main offender accused of nor being angry enough)
Oh gawd. OK let's all froth at the mouth and sneer at 'ordinary NZers' for three years; that will achieve SO much, won't it?
I'm glad you brought that up! If Key&crowd have stereotyped him as "angry" they're going to be tripped up. He's light on his feet and displays a wit and warmth worthy of Lange at times.
And I wonder if there are others like me for whom the future seems a lot brighter after the excellent performance of Andrew Little?
"I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s, my mother didn’t work, few of my school-mates mothers worked. It was an accepted feature of life in those times." Thanks Treeleaper, and I'm certain that if it were financially possible many, many families would be choosing...
My, Little HAS touched a nerve, hasn't he!?
Sadly, Col. Rawshark can't read. I was commenting on Dave Brown's nonsensical logic, not giving my own views.
¡%$#@!
Now now boys, if all you're going to do is bitch, get a room.
Paradise - let's do it.
Hear hear
Heartbroken.
"You may be surprised at how much goodwill Little has bought with the MSM for positioning exactly as you say." Yes? Well, that is good to hear.
Sound stuff. Though I do wonder how long before the war-worshipping becomes threadbare. I fancy I already detect strong signs of battle weariness and creative conscientious objection.
If you don't mind, I won't take your word for it. My 'argument' is substantially the same as many other posters on this site and countless others outside it, all of which are garnering considerable support.
All I am is an Andrew Little fan who is clearly annoying you by giving coherent and compelling answers to your (and your whanau's) befuddled posts.
The …genie … was… already … out!!! What Labour voted for was stuffing it back IN! (If you'll excuse the expression…)
Chacun a son gout
But he didn't 'give up' any liberty. He clawed some back.
I would be worried if Labour's goal was simply to 'stake themselves out as different from the right'. Where's the integrity in that? My hope is that their goal is 'to do the right thing', and not to let superficial concerns sway them. At the moment, 'doing...
Oh god, not ANOTHER one who can't answer simple questions! I think YOU are the one who is obfusificationing! (Great word, I agree - ah! I see you edited it! Pity!)
OK, so under the previous law "warrants and accountability was required on a case by case basis for intrusive surveillance on New Zealanders which violated their human rights… " - so what's your point?
What do you do with them? If the reason the bill is LESS draconian is because they negotiated the changes in return for support (for a bill that was going to pass anyway), you congratulate them for their political nous, and you support them!! This is a ...
Chooky says "…the previous law required all surveillance to be warranted and accountable…" And if this is the law you mean, I really don't know how inadequate or not it was. What's your point?
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