Justice for Rape Survivors - Kia Kaha e nga Wahine

how can speech be free when it has to be paid for? Ups to the graffiti-ist

Interesting that the liberal blogosphere is pretty much unanimous in condemning the one speaker at the Auckland march who suggested that perhaps the problem was not just a couple of bad, bad men who somehow managed to infiltrate the noble New Zealand Police Force, but a problem with the very nature of that force.

NICE WORK LADIES

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I was inpsired to see on TV the strength of numbers, passion and strength of the protestors. Thanks so much to the organisers and the people who were there - an awesome sight. I thought the grafitti on the court house doors was a breathtaking act of bravery.

I do, however, question the burning of effigies, though. It conjurs images of klu klux klan or nazi germany. I think it only serves to inspire hatred and cause further division.

Everything else about the protest was incredible. (Wasn't there because I don't live in Aklnd or Wgtn - did attend the local event here in PNth.)

Cheers,
Helen

Who is Josh?
Another 'liberal' armchair critic with one foot in the grave and the other firmly in the establishment camp.
Grafitti today, murder tomorrow - yeah right!

Probably the Council.

I have recently made a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Authority about a programme on TVNZ that was according to me intrusive and derogative. It is not my first complaint and I'm familiar with their process. It is a carbon copy of all other bureaucratic organisations complaints' proceedings. At first you are required to quote which section of the BSA or Act in question, and then provide a valid reasoning related to the issue. The research can be quite time consuming. Yet after all your efforts in quotations and analyses, you get a harsh response, something like; 'The programme did not do such and such, and therefore we won't take any action. It is the end of the matter'.

The reply usually does not provide a reason for the decision, let alone a professional one at that. The authoritative decision is based on the concerned officer's discretion alone, is a rule of thumb. And all violations of your human rights, and sometimes consumer's rights, seem to be dealt with this way. It certainly makes you feel like applying the rule of nature, which is further investigation with a baseball bat. Not that I would, but I know someone who did. The rule of thumb is a mental assault violating your intelligence, feelings, and emotions. So if violence begets violence, the reason is scientifically explained in the process of cause and effect, or under human nature - a reaction to a provocation.

The last time I saw a lawyer on a Human Rights enquiry cost me $700 for waiting half an hour in his corporate waiting room. It is then that I discovered that Lawyers Society or something is basically to serve their own interest. This brings me to the point that men among some minority groups' rights are being trampled upon in a big way in New Zealand. It is lacking representations.

I know that a lot of these folks are resigned to the fact that it's a waste of time attempting to pursue human rights simply because it's they don't get anywhere and it's too violent to the mind, and emotions. It's a wonder why some folks take extreme action when such treatments are dished down during times of hardship and desperation. That is; possible trends resulting from violation of human rights, mental and emotional violence, and non-representation gives rise to violence against authorities, depression, and worse...

And there you have it. The meaning behind violence whether physical and mental or emotional is where individuals are drawn to the conflicts ensuring the social relations of a Socialist agenda are maintained. If we stay cool and stick with what is right, Feminazi among other gangs can do all their best to intimidate, corrupt, and what have you, would only backfire on Capitalism itself. It is the reaction to provocation that turns the wheel of Capitalism. Just take a look at those who are involved with propaganda in all levels of life, and you will know for sure it's Capitalism.

Clearly off topic.

"what is unaccustomed seems unnatual and what is accustomed seems natural." so little is understood about human nature that the potential of any aspect of it, negative or positive, is largely untested and unknown. civilisation did not come about 'naturally'. it came about because families who controlled the seed stores when humanity first settled into permanent settlements became more powerful over time and convinced themselves they were superior to the rest of us. this lie is still with us today with our so-called leaders believing most people unfit to rule themselves.

Isn't that Marx's notion of false consciousness, I'm no expert on Marxism, my basic idea of it is that what might seem so natural to us, could really just be the product of growing up in a environment saturated in a hegemony of consumerism and capitalism. For real consciousness to develop we need people to open the minds of others, I think that protest is a valid way forward.
To Josh, my friend, you should understand that what your saying is so apparent, so obvious to everyone that it is all most comical. so do the world a favor and try to think a little bit further than the current ideological paradigm. because right now all the only words i can think of is cultural inertia. To me you represent the stagnant waters of society.