Evidence that harsh penalties work: Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore | Drug Report (cnb.gov.sg) That does not mean I support the death penalty, not because it is not a deterrent, but because I would not want to like in a society that hangs people any ...
Alcohol, like smoking has always been a health problem and always will be. That's nothing new. The question is whether other people's individual choices affect others. [Silly question. Anyway, you continue ignoring moderation. Therefore, take a month off ...
What on earth has 'right wing' got to do with it? Left wing does not mean soft on crime. As for those middle class people whom you seem to detest, if they all disappeared we would have no people to run the hospitals, the schools, build infrastructure, etc....
My parents were dirt poor and yet they did not resort to alcoholism or gambling. In the end people are responsible for their own actions, particularly in regard to alcohol and smoking. I have just returned from a trip to mainland China where alcohol is ...
Where's your evidence for that? Singapore is one of the safest places in the world to live, and they have harsh punishments for crime. Before they implemented those harsh punishments it was not so safe. In the US crime has been in steady decline over the ...
BTW the previous is post is cut and paste from a Voice of America site. Of course because it is American it won't be 'disinformation', right?
Not sure if its the bit about Taiwan's claims: "As with China, Taiwan claims sovereignty over all the island groups in the South China Sea and jurisdiction over adjacent waters: Spratlys (Nansha), Paracel (Xisha), Pratas (Dongsha), Macclesfield Bank (...
Does anyone force people to smoke? Smoking is a choice, and if some people want to smoke and do it in a place that does not affect others, then why should I, a 'non-smoker' impede on their right to do so? It is also ironic that many of those same people ...
The priority of any criminal justice system must surely be public safety above and beyond all else. If the rehabilitation of the prisoner can be achieved at the same time, that's a good thing, but it should not be the priority. Now some will say if you ...
Where is the disinformation?
Excellent article Mr Smith. I think the point is not so much the capability of Australia itself to threaten China, but its moves to embolden and enable an aggressive US empire, which surely is a threat to China. Australian warships have traversed the ...
Excellent article. On another note, this conflict has proven that the right are equally capable of so called cancel culture, as are the woke left. The difference is the right do it in the interests of the oppressors, whereas the left do it on behalf of the...
Well if the so called 'left' had not gone to war against science on behalf of woke bs, then maybe we wouldn't be facing what we are currently facing. Here is a former Green/Labour voter who voted National this time round, almost purely on the disregard of ...
Advantage is a consistent apologist for US empire. That a so called 'left' website should publish his misinformation is frankly disgraceful. [This is rich coming from a PRC shill. Everybody is free to comment here and contribute to robust debate. You ...
Many countries do not, including Russia, China, and Iran. In fact most countries do not. If Hamas is a terrorist organisation, so much more must be the US military and IDF.
In my own reading of history, it was Germany and Japan who were the aggressors in WW2 Whereas the Palestinians have not invaded anyone else, do not have a proper standing army, and are for the most part refugees having been ethnically cleansed out of their...
What on earth does China's position on Taiwan have to do with New Zealand? The 'position' on Taiwan has not changed for many decades, and after all, all Western countries accept the one-China policy and that includes NZ. You could perhaps explicate on ...
Have always voted Labour. I am a trade unionist. So many in the union have come up to me and said they would not vote Labour. The fact is people are sick and tired and disgusted with woke virtue signalling. The Left has to get back to traditional left ...
In the end poverty is eliminated by heaving a flourishing and growing economy. Yep, change the taxation regime so that the rich pay their fair share. But in the end that constraints on national wealth is national output. Yet many on the left hate farmers, ...
"There might be other reasons why Islamic countries might not openly criticise China, which is notoriously touchy & grumpy about any form of criticism and which responds with idiosyncratic ‘diplomatic’ responses." There might be (althought doubtful), at ...
No. Not whataboutery at all. I have not tried to justify what China is accused of by saying that Israel is guilty of similar. I have simply said the Islamic world hates Israel (that is not too strong a term) in a way they do not hate China (in spite of ...
Of course, it is important to note that even if China was guilty of everything Advantage claims, it is ambitious to claim because of the way China runs China they are a threat to New Zealand's freedoms, or indeed anyone elses. That is as absurd as saying ...
I said you come across as an apologist for US empire. Of course I have no proof, you just sound like one. Indeed no proof is required because the threshold for apologist is subjective. Of course if I said you were a CIA asset that would be a truth claim ...
[deleted] [I will restore your comment if/when you successfully get out of Pre-Moderation. Only then might I respond to this – Incognito] [restored comment below] A valid observation is all we have typically, when it comes to political or social issues, or...
And you come across as a transparent apologist for US empire [You are proving to be exactly who I thought you are. Provide an example with link to support your baseless and fact-free accusation. Old proverb: He who seeks truth does not accuse He who ...
I think it is a valid point to make that hardly any others in the Islamic world give a stuff about Xinjiang, and some have even applauded the policies of the Chinese government. Contrast that with the Palestinian cause, from Malaysia to Tunisia to Iran, ...
May be more helpful to go to the actual facts and then construct your own narrative, irather than quoting sources that mutually quote one another. A starting point is the increase in life expectancy and population of the Uighur population since 1949, ...
When one resorts to labelling or name calling, it's an obvious omission that one has lost the argument and has nothing more to contribute.
What about the 'treatment' of the Uighurs? That they have massively increased in population under socialism, enjoy a standard of living far higher than what was the case in the past, have significant affirmative action benefits, have their culture, ...
Awesome comment.
"Clark is identical to Key in their deep trust in mercntilist Chinese compacts." With good reason. The China trade has benefitted NZ (and Australia) enormously in recent decades, without which we would have experience Great Depression levels of poverty.
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