tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post6199533173291881808..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Unreliable Sources.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-42924907604732869832018-02-07T06:57:02.508+13:002018-02-07T06:57:02.508+13:00"Are local voters prepared to see a candidate..."Are local voters prepared to see a candidate who might be a different ethnicity to themselves, as a suitable representative to themselves ? "<br /><br />A problem Maori have faced for years.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-84778576003663663262018-02-06T16:40:31.494+13:002018-02-06T16:40:31.494+13:00Jayson
"They have been offered resettlement ...Jayson<br /><br />"They have been offered resettlement in safe countries"<br /><br />Which countries would those be?Victornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-3067335649778787612018-02-05T22:28:58.356+13:002018-02-05T22:28:58.356+13:00Something I just noticed. The dull coloured tshi...Something I just noticed. The dull coloured tshirt that the woman is wearing has the word Joker on it and a grotesque face under it. Not a nice thing to give her to wear, and the woman looks as if she understands English. Did this get enacted on April Fool's Day or was it just another example of robust Australian sensitive humour. Good old John Clarke had a field day over there, along with mate Brian Dawe.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-14565008580964619972018-02-01T21:06:09.259+13:002018-02-01T21:06:09.259+13:00Since the phone is off the hook:
The other big sh...Since the phone is off the hook:<br /><br /><i>The other big shift is in the Asian population, up from 13 percent to 38 in the same period.<br /><br />Professor Paul Spoonley from Massey University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences said he expected Pākehā to fall through the 50 percent threshold in the late 2020s.<br /><br />He said the shift was significant and would pose challenges, such as the need to change the political make-up of the Auckland Council and its 21 local boards, where there are few Asian members.<br /><br /><b>"Are local voters prepared to see a candidate who might be a different ethnicity to themselves, as a suitable representative to themselves </b>? " Professor Spoonley told RNZ's Outspoken programme.</i><br /><br />Now when people complained about immigration from Asia as they <i>weren't people like themselves</i>, they were called racist. Now (however) it seems to matter a lot if representatives <i>aren't like themselves?</i><br /><br />The game (it appears) has always been about: <i>move over Kiwis, we need your country for an international multi-ethnic project.</i><br /><br />https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/outspoken/audio/2018628359/outspoken-auckland-issuesjhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-60050431654702007272018-02-01T20:41:35.956+13:002018-02-01T20:41:35.956+13:00Hi Chris
You'v probably seen this but if no...Hi Chris<br /> You'v probably seen this but if not you might like to.<br /> <br /> http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48705.htm<br /><br />Cheers David J SDavid Stonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-51880209332860293332018-01-30T11:54:51.627+13:002018-01-30T11:54:51.627+13:00You are right to be skeptical of the "leaked&...You are right to be skeptical of the "leaked" Australian intelligence reports. The complete absence of any corroboration at all means these stories about boats intercepted are just as likely to be complete fantasies. In the absence of actual evidence, we are free to believe or disbelieve them as we choose. But that choice always reveals something about the chooser.<br /><br />I like to remind people that the numbers of refugee boats arriving in NZ has been remarkably consistent over the last few decades, regardless of which party is in Government. Zip, zilch or nada, take your pick Not really surprising. Supposing they even exist, your average people smuggler in Sri Lanka wanting to get to NZ must first decide which way they will sail around Australia before they get here. A question worth asking next time the scare stories start up, as they inevitably will.Nick Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-50146311439005461332018-01-29T17:42:43.802+13:002018-01-29T17:42:43.802+13:00They have been offered resettlement in safe countr...They have been offered resettlement in safe countries but are holding out for a sweetheart deal from the likes of Australia. <br />In this case theyes are no longer refugees (if they ever were) and can be driven into the sea for all I care.<br />As for the reason for all the leaks from Australia, the answer is obviously because Aderns big mouth has raised their heckles.Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115615271339572406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-21520463523151361212018-01-29T11:52:52.811+13:002018-01-29T11:52:52.811+13:00Australian pique. That will be my sardonic phras...Australian pique. That will be my sardonic phrase for describing the next unfriendly, or derisive, or hostile, or disrespectful move from Aussies.<br /><br />I bought a second hand book on the 1970s now hardly mentioned boat people rush to Australia outlining the situation they fled from - they were mainly Vietnamese, and the troubles and traumas of it all. But there is much covering it on-line.<br /><br />Here are some links, some referring to the golden age of refugees of Malcolm Fraser and to some extent Bob Hawke. But also to the use by John Howard of negative public feeling in the Tampa episode which used confused information and lies about boat people's behaviour and morals to propel John Howard up in his political career.<br />https://theconversation.com/from-white-australia-to-stopping-the-boats-attitudes-to-asylum-seekers-15244<br /><br />Also-<br />This item from The Diplomat refers to Vietnamese in the present:<br /><i>People persecuted by the Vietnamese state in 2016 cannot easily apply for asylum. Like people escaping discrimination, forced disappearance, torture, or death in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, or Afghanistan, Vietnamese people cannot apply for refugee status from within their country. For many, getting on a boat is their only option to flee.<br /><br />Vietnam has one of the most repressive governments on the planet. Leading international NGO Human Rights Watch has called its human rights record “dire in all key areas.” </i><br />https://thediplomat.com/2016/06/australias-boat-people-then-and-now/<br /><br />Othr informative links:<br />https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-vietnamese-refugees-who-changed-white-australia<br />https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/2011-2012/BoatArrivals<br /><br />http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-08/dai-le-lucky-asylum-seekers-1970s-what-would-happen-now/8004408greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-11913387477307461842018-01-28T17:12:29.510+13:002018-01-28T17:12:29.510+13:00Its called propaganda. You may find answers in rea...Its called propaganda. You may find answers in reading the Nazi Joseph Goebbels Principles of Propaganda by Leonard W. Doob, published in Public Opinion and Propaganda, a book of readings edited for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.<br /><br />You can bet Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor have. What was their connection to the National Party again.............. Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-5166745175995560722018-01-28T14:07:01.238+13:002018-01-28T14:07:01.238+13:00Almost certainly spot on, Chris.Almost certainly spot on, Chris.Victornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-26928381802352998802018-01-28T13:00:25.708+13:002018-01-28T13:00:25.708+13:00Well Chris you may make as you wish, valid points ...Well Chris you may make as you wish, valid points as to the plight of Manus Island refugees.<br />They are all illegal refugees and I for one do not wish for them to land here.<br />The Labour party and yourself are wrong to believe that New Zealanders do.Polly.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-45096871631170249322018-01-28T12:22:18.663+13:002018-01-28T12:22:18.663+13:00Rumour has it The Helen is advising Adern. Helen g...Rumour has it The Helen is advising Adern. Helen gave us the new "inclusive" New Zealand?jhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-48481764188604125082018-01-28T12:21:03.096+13:002018-01-28T12:21:03.096+13:00Hi Chris
What publications does this photo ado...Hi Chris<br /> What publications does this photo adorn? To show such a blatantly unrelated image at the head of an article would seem to announce the article as a fake from the first glance. Do they not care for the discredit that the inevitable exposure must engender? What or who is the audience they are targeting? Is there one out there that doesn't care if they are being lied to ? Are people mostly only wanting to be superficially entertained rather than informed.<br /> Liers probably imagine themselves cleverer than folks who tell the truth, but lies wouldn't work at all if most people didn't speak the truth as everyone would know to believe nothing, and communication would become pointless and effectively impossible . Is that where our news media is at?<br />D J S<br />David Stonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-26888905197061206622018-01-28T11:31:50.298+13:002018-01-28T11:31:50.298+13:00Think of it like a bottle of lemonade: you prize t...Think of it like a bottle of lemonade: you prize the cork a little and it starts to bubble.jhnoreply@blogger.com