dunno if it's patronising, but why not address the point? I'm in favour of robust debate, and consider it core to democracy. If a professional body or association wants to take a politics position, then let them, so long as the mechanisms for critique are ...
Ok, so you don't know what unions are. But I was asking you what you thought, not what you think leftists think. Should teachers be able to protest on the streets on issues that matter to them? What about other public servants? Nurses? MPs? Scientists? How...
Oh please. Unions are social justice activist organisations, that's the whole point. To represent the workers. If a teacher worked at Auckland Grammar and protested with a banner saying as much, you would have a point. But a teacher protesting a political ...
There's no such thing as the Shaw-Ardern government. We had a minority Labour/NZF government with C/S from the Greens in 2017, and then a majority Labour government in 2020. If you are getting those basics wrong, why would your other points hold water?
Teachers were at the forefront of the political protests in the early 90s. Are you saying they shouldn't?
Mod note: I see you have changed your username. Please stick with this one from now on.
please fix your username.
a flaw in your argument is the absence of acknowledgement of AGPs. Once that is factored in, the whole analysis changes. The concept of "gender identity" was not imposed on women by men, it was an ideological concept designed to include all despite ...
one reason for making submissions is that if we don't, this government can claim a mandate. Submissions are more than what is in the Bill and even what happens in the Bill. So many people feel powerless, this is one way to reclaim political power. We need ...
if you want to repost it above, I can delete this one, but no worries either way.
reply to wrong comment I think.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/liberal-society-trans-labour-values-b2415706.html
Another sports body upholding women's sex based rights to female only sports. https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/naia-small-colleges-association-bans-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports-competitions/ Four important issues here. 1. trans lobby ...
this seems pertinent, https://thestandard.org.nz/moderation-notes-in-election-year/
is there a reason you didn't continue the conversation about moderation the other day? https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-16-04-2024/#comment-1996831
Is Sex Binary? Live debate starting 11am NZT Oxford Union-style debate at MIT, with the following proposition: “Resolved, that sex is biological and binary, and gender identity is no substitute for sex in social policy.” Alex Byrne, Professor of Philosophy...
good, simple explanation of the problems with gender self-ID in this snip of a discussion about the Australian case Tickle v Giggle (trans identified male/trans women alleging a women only app discriminated by not allowing him to take part). Gender ...
not so much from Le Guin (who clearly understands the difference between metaphor and material reality), but in the context of the recent transhumanism debate, for some reason I ended up thinking of this Dr Who character. Maybe it was the visual as well. ...
is that intentional? Or are they just ignorant of what they are doing?
If a man stabbing 6 women wasn't a big enough story, they could have covered the social media out of control aspect. I expect the junior staffer no longer has a career, but I hope that management have some consequences. I'm wondering if it's more than the ...
They're using the junior staffer excuse. Human error, my arse. That's an internal systems failure, and they have form.
excellent.
there's no money involved. From memory Lynn thought there were some useful perspectives on the blog.
AiBnB and holiday homes are already an issue that needs addressing. In a crisi, regulation could sort that out. Selling frees up houses from landlords that can't cope with human rights. If the house gets bought, then the buyer's house becomes available. ...
yeah, Gosman, I didn't vote for Labour. What was your point exactly? That successive neoliberal governments have fucked over renters? I agree. At least Labour tried to mitigate that rather than throwing petrol on the fire.
mod note.
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Traveller, have you ever rented a property where the landlord refused to refund the bond and you have to take a case to the Tenancy Tribunal to get back the money you need for the bond in the next rental? Maybe the Blam Blam Blam reference was a bit subtle...
how about kids?
No Gosman, having 30 cats isn't what I meant at all. Get a grip. The point is, as always, that NZ weights rights to property investors ahead of the right to a decent home. If we put the right to a decent home in the centre and designed from that, we could ...
she sounds like an amazing young woman.
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