Actually I have different mental illnesses according to my specialists who have real and relevant qualifications, but hey, thanks for showing that tories like you enjoy smearing opponents with mental illness ad hominem. It's nice to see you patronising ...
And by the way I went to Reporoa College, a state school of 300 students 30 km south of Rotorua, so I am not holding out any sort of candle for private education. So what? You're another climber who pulled up the ladder after them and likes to present ...
Speaking of omissions, Wayne must be well aware of the culture of sexual abuse in the legal profession. It's off-topic I know, but since Wayne wants to present himself as a paragon of common sense, decency, fair treatment, decorum and so dedicated to ...
"Latina", not "latino". It's as fundamental as mistaking Mr for Mrs/Ms or "Herr Angela Merkel." "Latinx" is increasingly coming into general use as the genderless usage.
… unless you’re a member of the Judean People’s Front of course – then you’re really beyond the pale.
Yeah, he's one of those: https://www.vice.com/sv/article/yvekng/how-to-spot-a-brocialist-the-guys-with-righteous-politics-but-dodgy-attitudes-to-girls https://medium.com/@marcushjohnson/we-should-call-brocialism-what-it-is-white-populism-ad257608ed52 The ...
“fry-quacker” Making a guess, based on "Don't need more upward-inflected quack! quack! quack!" it's a reference to vocal fry, which is an upturn in tone at the end of a phrase or sentence, as we do when we're asking a question. Linguists have noticed it ...
cheers – thanks for proving my point adam. There comes a point when the excuses made by the alt.left for the alt.right become effectively identical to the excuses used by the alt.right for themselves and serve the same result. One of the reasons why I ...
I'm waiting for our most dependable sexist, Wayne, to explain why women should not be involved in politics - not because they're women of course, but because... whatever, it's just THIS woman - it's OK if they pass for white and are in the National tree ...
Wayne is such a big proponent of ethics. As a lawyer, I thought that he'd have a lot to say about Russell McVeigh and sexual harassment in the legal profession generally, since Russell McVeigh is widely described as being merely representative of a wide ...
Unlikely. Pride is an even stronger motivator than money. Money is just a handy metric.
Sorry, McFlock, the majority of what I typed was intended to be general, not specific to you.
"Look! Over there!" Yes, Saudi Arabia is evil. So does that make Putin good? Your point is... what? He's a homophobe authoritarian too. Some of us can walk and chew gum at the same time, you know.
Judging by the indent, you're replying to me. This is as good an opportunity as any to say that I apologise for our past conflict. I was drunk most of the time. Addressing your main point, you put your finger on it. We're never going to know the whole ...
So this is a zero-sum game?
This really needs to be pushed in The Standard. It is not a friendly place for women, people who are queer, or minorities. We have privileged individuals dismissing race and gender concerns as "identity politics" and casual sexism such as synonyms for "...
Because Vladimir Putin is the cool uncle and Hilary Clinton is the finger-wagging mummy. Everything is her fault, even dandruff.
And yet somehow, Alex Jones or someone in a tinfoil hat is beyond question. Hubris is an even bigger motivator than cash. Really, why is this scepticism so selective? Let's see you apply the same standards of truthiness to them.
Except Russians. Why are they the exception? If you're so cynical, why this huge blind spot?
My paternal grandfather was born in Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire, Scotland in 1899. In January 2003, I managed to visit the street on which he was born. The sight of the actual place was an anticlimax, because a "new" building has been built on the site in 1910,...
He "should" have died before I was born according to the median survival rates for ALS. I'm nearing 51. He was active as a scientist right up to the end, and always had his sense of humour. Let's celebrate a life well-lived.
A useful lesson for the left: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gxqwn Edward Said should be well-known to all progressives. Here he looks at the moral and intellectual compromises one has to make - or not - when our idols gain political power and right ...
Thank you, Macro. Opinions are cheap, so it's good to hear from someone with long experience.
"All politics is internal" - Tip O'Neill. Who benefits internally? Guess.
I love you too.
I would have to say, satirically suggesting that someone's sources might have a very silly hairstyle would be a unique precedent in being banned from The Standard.
Good advice. Care to take it? I presented some clear examples of logical fallacies and their refutation. You're the one who resorted to personal insults. Have a look at your own comments. I didn't call you an "utter twat". If you assume that I am making ...
Alert to Bill: someone's making insinuations!
No. Do you have the witch's mark?
"Fuck off"? Really? Are you going to ban me again? Calm down. As for the rest, you're being utterly childish. Stop digging. Let's see: "utter twat" "liberal Stalinist" "petal" "poppet". Really, I've been called worse by better people than you and Adam (...
On the assumption... Seems (with the above caveat) you’ve lived your life not actually knowing what it was that you were looking at. Ah, "seems." A euphemism for "I would like to believe." Propaganda is like weather. Fairly localised. Nope. Like climate, ...
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