tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post7651330232114832847..comments2024-03-19T17:19:16.896+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Remembering The Night: Christmas Story 2012Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-28497083656707193682012-12-31T17:36:25.059+13:002012-12-31T17:36:25.059+13:00Thanks ak.
In between your snide ad homs you at le...Thanks ak.<br />In between your snide ad homs you at least make one novel claim: that atheism is somehow a Tory trait.<br />Chris, thanks but no thanks for the Christmas wishes, I would rather prefer you simply applied your own comment guidelines even-handedly, especially from those throwing ad homs from behind aliases. <br />I thoroughly enjoy the political analysis in here, but could do without the sky-daddy stuff, but I realise it's your blog and was just pointing out the obvious - that not everybody buys into the big fantasy.Richard Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341434730751992999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-18404433258781495192012-12-29T21:35:47.758+13:002012-12-29T21:35:47.758+13:00Actually Christmas is more than Christmas.
To av...Actually Christmas is more than Christmas.<br /><br />To avowed Christians it has meaning over and above the gathering of family friends and whanau.<br /><br />It is a communal cultural festival that matters as such.<br /><br />Christmas allows those of certain cultural persuasion to enjoy communal enjoyment<br /><br />Celebratory occasions ought to be enjoyed. <br /><br />Neo Lib Governments do no not have any belief in it, beyond helping retail sales.<br /><br />(No Merry Christmas to Key, English or Treasury. There is certainly a "downside" to this frivolity. What time off from wheeling, dealing. God help us what is the country coming to?)peterpeasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258344040688251441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-78735667757741306732012-12-25T18:50:09.685+13:002012-12-25T18:50:09.685+13:00“There is a kingdom greater than Israel’s, Joel. A...“There is a kingdom greater than Israel’s, Joel. An empire larger than Rome’s. And he, the Son of Man, the blood-smeared child wrapped not in purple silk, but in the rough swaddling-cloth of a peasant girl, will lead us there."<br /><br />I don't think so.<br /><br />Chris, fair dinkum, do you really sign up for this soppy sentimental shite? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-81861080974054668202012-12-25T10:56:50.269+13:002012-12-25T10:56:50.269+13:00Beauty as always Chris. And funny, innit, how the ...Beauty as always Chris. And funny, innit, how the inherent contradiction of toryana is often manifest at this time of year in comments such as that from the oh-so-aptly-named Dick Christie - just before he celebrates Christmas in his own way, like the other third he mentions. Hoist by their own grasping petards, they unwittingly perpetuate - almost enforce - applied Christianity, thus hastening the demise of their own discredited god, individual Greed. <br /><br />The canniest and most cynical among them recognise this and emphasise the "New year" above Love; then simply desert to Hawaii - no loss at all, in fact a welcome respite, to the mass of fair-minded optimists that share these shores and celebrate today.<br /><br />All power, peace and joy to you and your whanau Chris; take your richly-deserved reward and our enduring gratitude. aknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-84241951244095714752012-12-25T10:11:44.442+13:002012-12-25T10:11:44.442+13:00Merry Christmas, Chris!
Hope you and family have a...Merry Christmas, Chris!<br />Hope you and family have an enjoyable one! And Happy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-37373311243666718842012-12-25T07:44:47.446+13:002012-12-25T07:44:47.446+13:00Whether one believes or not, there is another huma...Whether one believes or not, there is another human concept to Christmas that we can take heart from; the passing of another year, and the hope the the next year will be a better one.<br /><br />And for many, Christmas is one day of the year when (most) of us can set aside the demands of work; the pressures of commercialisation (all too briefly); and simply just... relax.<br /><br />It's what we once had in the Great Kiwi Weekend, befotre we got "choice" to work and shop, work and shop, work and shop, ad infinitum, thrust upon us. But never mind, that's another issue altogether.<br /><br />To you, Chris, and your family, I wish you a happy Christmas and a much better New Year.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692659460246506641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-32100514106479329082012-12-25T00:11:40.205+13:002012-12-25T00:11:40.205+13:00Well done again Chris. Your Christmas columns are ...Well done again Chris. Your Christmas columns are always something I share with my family. Thank you.Big Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010997936951567518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-27383501606375367062012-12-24T22:49:42.176+13:002012-12-24T22:49:42.176+13:00Benjamin Easton and Joel Cosgrove together out and...Benjamin Easton and Joel Cosgrove together out and about outside Burger King.<br /><br />All we need for Christmas, a joy forever, God bless you Chris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-6069053636293872122012-12-24T20:36:06.088+13:002012-12-24T20:36:06.088+13:00Merry Christmas Chris, and thanks for another year...Merry Christmas Chris, and thanks for another year of insightful columns.Olwynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-69299723319388131642012-12-24T14:09:17.166+13:002012-12-24T14:09:17.166+13:00And a Merry Christmas to you, too, Richard.And a Merry Christmas to you, too, Richard.Chris Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-67236690649308431462012-12-24T12:55:45.591+13:002012-12-24T12:55:45.591+13:00Thank you Chris, I always enjoy your Christmas sto...Thank you Chris, I always enjoy your Christmas story.homepaddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596903968235369282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-53415336311601545252012-12-24T11:41:17.281+13:002012-12-24T11:41:17.281+13:00Sigh, I guess this isn't your nod to the fact ...Sigh, I guess this isn't your nod to the fact that over one third of NZer's identified themselves as no religion in 2006 census. <br /><br />Of those that did admit to religious inclination, a growing percentage believe some other fairy story to the one you relate.Richard Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341434730751992999noreply@blogger.com