Thanks. Good news. Good luck.
That's the spirit!
David Farrar reckons: More thoughts on free speech and Rainbow story time "First my personal view on Rainbow story time is that in NZ it is pretty harmless. My kids have been to a couple of them, and they enjoyed them. They were totally non-sexual and they...
Fyi The Taxpayer's Onion send out emails such as this to those they believe support their fomenting :-) "Hi Friend, Look, I know we've been giving Finance Minister Nicola Willis a hard time in recent months for the various tax u-turns and backdowns, but, ...
Rod Carr on farming and climate: "If everyone in the world contributed the same level of warming per capita as New Zealand, total warming would peak with a temperature rise of five degrees and decline to around 4.3 degrees by 2100, the Commission said. ...
In this world? In this country, our competitive advantage used to be a seemingly-endless supply of tall trees suitable for making ship's masts. Agriculture put pay to that. The climate will do the same to dairying. Our competitive advantage should be ...
We'll soon see whether the overseas markets have influence over farming practice here in NZ. I came to believe they would but am not certain now. Perhaps people living elsewhere will become so desperate and hungry that they'll disregard how the meat/milk ...
"Thankfully there has been some really good work done by evangelicals to push back against prosperity teaching." Has there? Where?
You're such a dag, Ian, with your cliches! Good on you: "plants are our future", you proclaim, then you name them: clover and ryegrass! Classic comedy! 2 plants? Is that as far as your aspirations stretch? Clover and ryegrass! Who needs the zillions of ...
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Cool, Ad. If I may address some of your many points: Wineries mean you can drink and do a cycle trail. In fact it's anti-car. Central Otago is now powered by cycle trail (How did they get to the start of the trail? Just askin') Wineries mean you don't have...
Yeah, Cricklewood - "The other factor is the hobbyist / enthusiasts persisting with plants people scoffed out (sic) :-)..." I reckon this is the wild-card that will save us all :-) hobbyists/enthusiasts not heedin g conventional wisdom" and instead, doing ...
I didn't mean you, weka, I meant you :-) Please try not to personalise the discussion :-) How about this: If one is committed to global trade, why would one support local? Sounds a bit tossy, doesn't it :-)
You are wrong about that, Phil. Or are you putting your personal opinion up against the traditions of so many indigenous peoples: tītī harvest, white baiting, kereru .. :-)
" I cannot see how eating plants is inherently more respectful to life than eating from animals." Well, it just is :-) There are far fewer ethical issues with eating a lettuce than there are with eating a kereru, imo.
If you are committed to global trade, why would you support local?
It's all about intent, Phil. Hunters of yester-year, dressed as their prey, danced as their prey, sang as their prey, then hunted their prey. They believed they had established a relationship with the deer/bear through song and ceremony, that engaged the ...
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"They handled the pandemic OK, but apart from that …" Hilarious! That wee pandemic thingy; they done okay...I suppose...if I have to give them anything, BUT!!!
" In terms of looking at it from the other being's pov, I cannot see how eating plants is inherently more respectful to life than eating from animals." You believe that eating plants could be "creating great suffering" to the plants? Really? And that we ...
Of course, nothing is perfect, especially when we have already broken well away from the perfection-baseline, if ever there was one. We can be sure also, that we will not ever please everyone, nor even balance-up our own ideas and beliefs - too many of ...
I see cows in flat, fenced (sometimes electrically) paddocks, eating grass (that's all their is) and wonder how bored they must be; mindlessly eating because there is nothing else to do; no logs to nudge, rivers to cross, wolves to run from, calves to ...
Agreed, roblogic. Perhaps you've been a Dark Mountain reader also? For me, it's about direct experience - it's tricky to advise others if you've not directly experienced at least some of the "ephemeral" things you are promoting. That's achieved through ...
I reckon, "realistic determination". That is, there's a significant chance of failure, but I'm going to do everything I can to avert it. Same as it ever was.
Ae. Tika. Indigenous cultures from across the planet, including our own past selves, reported the existence of non-human "persons" as a matter of course.
Regenerative ag sounds fine, until you track how successful it actually is; organic/sustainable grape-growing also. The super-structure/banks/industries holding these industries up block genuine, large-scale movement away from highest-profit versions of ...
Grapes = wine = economic growth. Swopping one money-maker for another. Race to the bottom.
I'm asking you a genuine question, Phillip, just as you ask everyone here, repeatedly, about meat-eating. Why are you belittling my question to you? Given that I asked first, you might understand how I might feel about your dismissive answer and your angry...
And if other people did consider it unethical to eat fungi because they believed them to be sentient? Advanced in their sentience, even? Would you eat them then?
Ha! "A summary of legal advice sought by the housing agency and released to Stuff under the Official Information Act shows that Kāinga Ora’s Māori-first name is its legal name and it’s entrenched in its establishing legislation, the Kāinga Ora – Homes and ...
Foster the telling of stories with an animist theme. Children enjoy such stories. Let's start with them. After all, children are our future, yes? Many adults recognise the power of such stories also. Let's share those stories with everyone. Sometimes a ...
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