Lanthanide: Thank you very much. That does explain how this site works. Farrar's is different, as some of you will know...not that you would ever let on!
Ah, no as it happens...I have been on the wagon for some considerable time.."health reasons" as they say...I do have the odd lapse...but tonight aint one of them.. I must say I am very much enjoying the comments here...so different from what I am used to ...
No, fair comment Mr Milt, he didn't ...But then do you think any party would have put old Frank on their list? You know New Zealand is such a small place...every time I see Frank's uniquely spelled name I remember the one and only time he and I met...20 ...
Now I don't know if it's a banning here for pointing out the obvious after "TRP" - who or whatever that is - has pronounced...so I'd better not...I am used to very little moderation you see...Mr Farrar is very slow to anger, and even slower to punish... ...
Ah...the passport...can't blame you I guess, since Mr Prentice found it necessary to mention my 31 year old offence in his post on three strikes today.. But what happened to all that forgiveness and second chances you chaps are so fond of? Or is that only ...
You're the "funny" one...Mickey...Well, actually not so funny...
Oops...I saw Mr Prentice - I think he prefers the term "sysop" - deleting someone's comment earlier and warning them for even hinting at threatening violence...I assume - but who am I to say? - your warning will be along shortly Sir/madam... [Skinny isn't ...
Ah...since Clifton is currently married - quaint old fashioned notion I know - to Trevor Mallard, you can expect her to be pretty well briefed on matters left wing...Or is poor old Trevor now on the list of those airbrushed (or whatever the computer ...
I'm here for a very rare visit...so I might as well enjoy it...Do you seriously believe that? "right wing thugs" would physically attack you if they knew who you were? Good Lord... Noticed any funny clicks on your phone(s)? any unexpected loss of volume on...
"Give me some numbers to disprove that..." Jesus...and you call me stupid and accuse me of having poor comprehension skills! "Strike 2: takes seven years to go through capture courts and prison" Your words... By your own admission, after just FIVE years we...
You see? It's simply a waste of time engaging with you people...we are all "delusional" idiotic" "moronic" or "lying".. I'll let you into a little secret: When I first went to parliament I thought the Labour members must be a bit thick..how could they ...
The Stuff story was written by a journo in Palmerston North, and originally published in the Manawatu Standard. He asked me 7 written questions, to which I supplied full and complete answers. He asked Seymour the same seven questions, mutatis mutandis. ...
I am not SST...I have no idea how many of its members were "happy" with that sentence. I can say with certainty that none I know would have been happy that a young fellow lost his life. But that's enough...they say "explaining is losing" in politics, and ...
Mate, if it makes you happy to think of me as as moron..fill ya boots! Sticks and stones and all that. So here's another moronic prediction: if in 10 years time violent crime is down 20% on 2010, I can absolutely guarantee that you chaps will ascribe none ...
Should have read your comment more carefully... something else that warrants a response: the "stupid analogy from a daft game" presumably refers to the concept of three strikes itself...Ah, well...the Labour government had a law in the pipeline prior to ...
I realise I am wasting my time, but a couple of points there are worthy of a response...firstly yes, it is entirely unsatisfactory that the best we can come up with re how many first strikers are currently on the street is a "guesstimate" based on media ...
this is probably only ever going to be seen by the moderators...Do you ever wonder, when you lie abed at night, why you feel the need to ATTACK the man and not the ball...pretty much every time? Why you need to ban people left right and centre? Do you ever...
Oh, one more thing...To the best of my knowledge - and certainly during my time in parliament - neither ACT nor SST has ever received $1 from the private prison industry. Any such approach would have come through either Hide or me...and it never did. Again...
Well, let's see how long this lasts on this site which is so keen on free speech...so long as the commenters agree with you... First off, the old "funding" chestnut"...To the best of my knowledge - and I believe I would know - ACT has never received $1 ...
Only one problem with the comments on this....the FACTS derived from 16 years experience in California - where the law is much stricter as Graeme Edgeler has pointed out. FACT: Homicides decreased from 4,095 in 1993, the year before "three strikes" to 2,...
I will respond to Pascal's Bookie first, and then address the more numerous points in Matthew Pilott's post. And at the risk of sounding naive (I am a "newbie" at this blog thingie) thank you both for actually engaging in debate. I would like to think that...
sorry, aside from not understanding what "not getting distracted on claims on authority" is supposed to mean, I am still not convinced that there is any good reason to hide one's opinions behind pseudonyms...newspapers stopped accepting letters to the ...
perhaps some kind proponent of free speech can spell it out for me...I note that the "type two words" box does not appear reliably...do you have to click the icon above the "speaker" icon to make it appear? Look forward to your reasoned comment on my post ...
No, not drunk, just 50 years old and something of a technophobe/net neophyte....some of us still prefer the printed word! I note however that "Robinsod" wishes to hide behind a pseudonym while I am happy to use my own name... [lprent: so? I use a pseudonym...
...it appears that you may not have censored my comment, but rather I didn't understand how to make one... "type two words" and all that... The original contributor to this dialogue describes the "three strikes" law I drafted as "draconian"..I wonder if he...
I see you are only interested in comments which, in the main, agree with your..."we submit freedom of speech so long as you agree with us" ??
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