While I admit that wars are won on the ground sending 14 year olds out to fight is a bit much isn't it? I mean even Hitler waited until Germany was just about defeated before he started doing crap like that.
So child poverty doesn't exist in left-wing countries. Got it.
The accused in any case can raise a reasonable doubt. The keyword here is reasonable. It isn't enough to just say "the victim consented." A jury would take into consideration the credibility of the witnesses. I'd also imagine it'd only be an issue with "...
I'd be more concerned if state houses didn't all look the same as it's much cheaper to develop from a template than to to build individualised housing. And I've lived in at least two state houses. Absolutely nothing wrong with them. If a government decides...
It's a bit hard to compete when you have to make money but your competition doesn't.
Fletchers is still a private company but yes, they do have advantages over small and individual builders. My point though is that the government getting involved as a major builder will seriously affect the livelihood of these small and individual builders...
So basically a government "department" that will use economies of scale to crush private builders and create a monopoly. Then again, the only way Labour will be able to fulfil their housing promise is to have something like a Department of Housing building...
@lprent I'm just posting as someone on the right wing side of politics and posting what I hope are on-topic and relevant replies. I can assure you that I have no plans to "waste [your] time at some point in finessing some kind of a legal point", and you ...
You know we're talking 2007 when Labour was in power? "Ignoring something is not the same as being able to handle them. If you don’t listen to people on the net, then you wind up in a echo chamber that is not useful. We eject the people who violate our ...
"I don’t blame schools who push students into soft subjects just to inflate the school’s NCEA average instead of pushing the student to study and work harder. Isn’t the point of schools to have high NCEA averages so they look good in the stats? The point ...
For the record I believe they have worth - just not at the NCEA level at the expense of the core subjects. I have no problems with them being taught at primary school and intermediate or even what was third and fourth form levels. And I certainly have no ...
The key to happiness is not getting what you've always wanted (you'll always want more) but being satisfied with what you have. =================================== "Ignoring something is not the same as being able to handle them. If you don’t listen to ...
I blame the schools who push students into soft subjects just to inflate the school's NCEA average instead of pushing the student to study and work harder. =================================== “Ignoring something is not the same as being able to handle them...
Sure, you could learn cooking, woodworking, etc but those sort of "technical" subjects were never taught at the expense of core subjects like math and science. =================================== "Ignoring something is not the same as being able to handle ...
I was being sarcastic. As can be seen by the graph that the thread author thoughtfully provided PISA scores have been going down while the NCEA scores have been going to up. I agree with the thread author. NCEA is a mess. Actually it's worse than that - ...
So um, teaching "sewing", or say how to make coffee, as an NCEA subject, has the same value as teaching maths, science or reading. Hell, according to your buddy Pete they may even offer "huge teaching opportunities in all sorts of disciplines. Try Maths, ...
"This strongly suggests that the NCEA qualification is suffering from ‘grade inflation’, where the actual standard signified by a given grade is declining. " Excuse me! "Basket weaving" has just as much value as teaching science or math! THIS is why we ...
I have no idea either which is why if I was a left winger and French I would not be voting for Melenchon. "Ignoring something is not the same as being able to handle them. If you don’t listen to people on the net, then you wind up in a echo chamber that is...
In the interests of robust debate would you be kind enough to explain, in your opinion, how aligning with Cuba and Venezuela will help the left to rise? "Ignoring something is not the same as being able to handle them. If you don’t listen to people on the ...
So he wants France to withdraw from NATO and join a Cuban-Venuezuelan alliance . I mean Venezuela, the Zimbabwe of central America, and Cuba, the place that never left the 70s. I never thought I'd say this about any politician but he makes Corbyn look like...
And here are a couple of charts. http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/04/19/france%201.jpg For President-election we see the centre-left (Hamon) in last place and the right (Le Pen) and centre (Macron) neck and neck at ...
And the answer is to get the government into the building business? I can see that working, not.
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