Tag Archives: abuse

From a certain point of view: Curia/Family First bullshit polls edition

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

The mainstream media trumpeted the findings: Poll: People want smacking law changed And three paragraphs in explained: Respondents were asked whether the anti-smacking law should be changed to state that “parents who give their children a smack that is reasonable … Continue reading →

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Police officers given green light to abuse their power

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

How’s that changing-our-repugnant-police-culture going? Police officers who deliberately faked their uniform badge numbers to avoid being identified as they weighed into a violent public protest will keep their jobs and won’t be investigated by the force’s watchdog. Because? Despite the … Continue reading →

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Pseudonymity

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

A lot of people who have the privilege of writing under their real/legal/given names perennially attack bloggers for posting under pseudonyms.  It’s happened to me, but the biggest target in the NZ blogosphere is probably the various pseudonymous posters at … Continue reading →

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Sex offender gets reprieve from sentence he should’ve faced 11 months ago

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

[Trigger warning:  sexual assault of a child] That’d be the headline if Stuff had a single ounce of integrity.  Instead, they’ve published an article which boils down to “oh noes, the poor man is left uncertain of his fate for a … Continue reading →

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No more Ms Nice Blogger: the War on Gay Teens

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

A Rolling Stone article from February has been doing the rounds – and should carry many big, clear trigger warnings for suicide, self-harm, homophobia, and hate speech (reported).  This post on its contents likewise. It’s entitled “One Town’s War on … Continue reading →

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Principal Ian McKinnon accepts bullying as normal, a joke

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

[TW for bullying and abuse apologism by authority figures] Ian McKinnon, principal of Pukekohe High School, has a bit of an integrity problem.* See, several of his students attacked another of his students, possibly in a sexual manner. And Ian … Continue reading →

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Election 2011 recommended reading

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

LudditeJourno has done the hard yards reading (or trying in vain to locate) the different parties’ women’s policies. Mr Wainscotting has a public service announcement about some of the breathtakingly shitty things current, and probably continuing, National MPs have said … Continue reading →

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Telling campaign material quote of the day

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

[Trigger warning: violence against children, murder] From a Conservative Party leaflet rife with other goodies like “changes to alliances … should only be done after careful consideration” and “It’s fact that quality time, baby with mother (or sometimes dad), in … Continue reading →

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Several interesting things

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

1.  Jordan Carter and Scott Yorke both post about Trevor Mallard’s historic “Tinkerbell” comments, targeting Stephen Wittington, ACT candidate, and David Farrar, National pollster, for raising said comments following the announcement of Labour’s policy on same-sex adoption. 2. Apparently neither … Continue reading →

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Oh, well he’s funny, that makes up for sexually abusing a four-year-old

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

The sentence is in on the anon Kiwi comedian accused of sexually assaulting his partner’s daughter. Oh, did I say sentence?  Because there isn’t one, because he’s just suffered so much already and we all need more laughter in our … Continue reading →

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