Tag Archives: faux morality

Day of Reckoning coming any day now. Promise

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

This post has been rather overtaken by other far funnier events since I drafted it.  But dammit I did proper research and everything so read the damn thing, then go back to the far funnier posts at The Civilian, Dim … Continue reading →

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Bob McCoskrie: content thieving for great justice

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

As highlighted by Coley Tangerina – whose post on polyamory was lifted wholesale from The Daily Blog and reproduced with paltry attribution (a summary of TDB bloggers which doesn’t name her, and a link to the original post all the … Continue reading →

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Nonsensical Sentencing Trust plays the Obi-Wan card

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

So, the Nonsensical Sentencing Trust wants to set up an anonymous website criticising the decisions of NZ judges, because any guilty verdict handed down to a poor brown person which doesn’t result in hanging is obviously too lenient. Naturally, this … Continue reading →

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Anti-abortion logic in a nutshell

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Spotted on Tumblr, not linking because I don’t want to single out the person: One of the many reasons I have found that pro choice supporters use as a reason for abortion is in the cases of rape or a … Continue reading →

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Oppressing sex workers for tax purposes

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

So, Dr Cam Calder suddenly thinks that maybe we should licence sex workers.  Not, you know, to impose any kind of onerous bureaucracy, or create new excuses to criminalize them, or anything.  It’s because he’s really, really concerned that sex … Continue reading →

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Never let the facts get in the way of a good grudge

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

So, Asenati Lole-Taylor and NZ First have held their mob meeting about the horrors of South Auckland men paying for sex workers. Telling quote of the day: [Lole-Taylor's] comments received cheers and support from the crowd. But a spokesperson from … Continue reading →

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TV’s magical powers magically screw up your kids

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

I can’t believe it’s not actual science!  From Stuff: It came after New Zealand research carried out by Otago University researchers, which found links between watching too much TV in childhood and developing problems later in life, including poor concentration, … Continue reading →

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Evil yoof drinking again

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

(Ironically, this post was written after a few glasses of high-price bubbly) If I’m going to keep getting into arguments about this on The Standard, I figured I might as well lay out my thinking here on the drinking age … Continue reading →

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Marriage equality: because your vague societal niggles don’t trump specific individual freedoms

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Labour MP Su’a William Sio has come out against Louisa Wall’s marriage equality bill, with the usual “why aren’t we focusing on more important issues” (sorry Sio, didn’t realise you can’t read a book and chew gum at the same … Continue reading →

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What did you expect, wearing trackpants like that?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

LudditeJourno has fought the good fight once more against the forces of misogyny: Two women fought off separate attacks from an unidentified man in central Whanganui.  Police suspect the attacks were related, as both involved women being targeted from behind, … Continue reading →

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