tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post7737761283528911586..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: The Facts Don’t Always Tell The Truth.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-12063068990403475832022-11-20T17:57:41.778+13:002022-11-20T17:57:41.778+13:00"Facts" concealing the truth, or blatant..."Facts" concealing the truth, or blatant lies?<br /><br />Sometimes hard to know these days.Gary Petersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-29003816260712826242022-11-19T23:44:25.273+13:002022-11-19T23:44:25.273+13:00I'm still as excited by the truth as I was in ...I'm still as excited by the truth as I was in the Nineties, as you've just reminded me. My hair stood up -- well, the first inch in my oldage. If it 'sells' is ... neither here nor there.<br /><br />I said something on TDB about how the first and last political news of importance I remember was the death of Norm Kirk. <br /><br />Fine with me brought up on hopeless, late Roman Republican history. sumsuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133092096534660472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-20416974528510043792022-11-19T14:42:07.859+13:002022-11-19T14:42:07.859+13:00Good historical reminders Chris. Yes, Lange was fo...Good historical reminders Chris. Yes, Lange was forced kicking and screaming into an anti nuclear position by the anti war movement and crucially by striking maritime workers. We could also note that it was National party mp Venn Young who made the first moves to decriminalise homosexuality while Labour sat on their hands. As they did when their own mp Colin Moyle was outed and forced from office by by Muldoon. Don Frankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17801999410940938418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-47176120783148457802022-11-17T23:36:19.730+13:002022-11-17T23:36:19.730+13:00Quite true. Young mensch.Quite true. Young mensch.sumsuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133092096534660472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-51236258017617634422022-11-17T16:38:08.002+13:002022-11-17T16:38:08.002+13:00The facts don't always tell the truth? Couldn&...The facts don't always tell the truth? Couldn't agree more. That's why it's perfectly possible to make racist statements even though they are "true". Some commenters should take note.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-72727296312860640362022-11-16T23:33:55.798+13:002022-11-16T23:33:55.798+13:00After a few beers and a spring of discontent I won...After a few beers and a spring of discontent I wonder about the legacy of rogernomics and sir david langes cup of tea.Saving us from the brink of a flat tax rate of twenty percent.Deregulation out at the mangere bridges hotel of twenty percent and one point seven billion dollars borrowed by rod deane and the reserve bank to prop up the currency.Prebbles save rail and egg on his face and caygill making up the troika of finance ministers.chrisprudencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017764204885889882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-26030713805431864252022-11-16T12:08:23.307+13:002022-11-16T12:08:23.307+13:00Interesting that you talk about 'how much of t...Interesting that you talk about 'how much of the truth can be obscured through the presentation of a few highly dubious “facts”' immediately following a reference to Bill Sutch. Kiwiwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507667837257013301noreply@blogger.com