Was all this just a storm in a teacup
Liked the idea of a faction of the Labour Party only leading them to be the junior party in a Greens/Labour government
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[QUOTE=BlackPeter;606494]Glad you like my posts and that they convince you. Remember - the definition of rhetoric is: "the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.". Thank you for the compliment!
Interesting that you say you never voted for Labour. QUOTE]
Interesting, My dictionary defines “rhetoric” as “ the art of persuasive speaking or writing: language intended to impress, especially seen as inflated. exaggerated, or meaningless. “
I rest my case.:)
Incidentally, nowhere have I said I have never voted Labour.
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Been away for a few days and busy since, but I was eventually impressed by the main incident at the Waitangi Day celebrations. It made a very good political point, it gained attention, it made National look feeble.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11585707
Andrew Little and especially Winston Peters handled the aftermath well.
According to the PM if we want growth in Northland we need to embrace mining. Northland in the main is pretty unspoilt and tourism is growing substantially. Certainly don't need an ugly mine or the environmental risk in what is a high rainfall area. National are stuck in the 1970s.
Where are the 10 bridges they promised? Where is the high speed broadband & better mobile coverage? How can you believe anything they say?
The biggest component of there poorly run campaign in the Northland bi-election was the 10 bridges. Promise broken. I believe we are getting two of the 10!
This is the sort of litigation we can look forward to in a TPPA world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/us...ions.html?_r=0
And here was I thinking that it is not possible to further drop the standards of the Left including their "Labour" appendix ... Thank You, EZ, you did prove me wrong!
So - just help me to understand - if a man would throw this "thing" at a woman - he probably would be charged with sexual harassment. If however a female left wing agitator is doing this to a man, than you call this a "very good political point"?
What was the point? The thing was probably even made in China?
As well - given that the Left had a full weekend to make a real point in Waitangi ... is the throwing of sex toys really the best thing they could come up with? Really?
I would have thought that you would be ashamed of your political comrades, but hey - looks like I was wrong again. Sounds like at least the perpetrator is ashamed of herself - and so it should be.
How low can you go, EZ?
BP, I stand by my words there. The big picture with John Key as PM is far more important. Gareth Hughes has it right.
https://www.greens.org.nz/news/speec...ters-statement