|
Are you a This poll is closed. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| homeowner |
|
39 | 22.41% |
| renter |
|
69 | 39.66% |
| stupid peace of poo poo |
|
66 | 37.93% |
| Total: | 174 votes | ||
|
cptn_dr posted:The LoB shtick only works in PYF. Source your quotes. Where else but the Herald's letters section.
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2016 06:31
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 22, 2024 09:42 |
|
|
You ask where else rhetorically, but Mike Hosking.
|
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2016 06:41
|
|
|
That's true. and I suppose to be fair, odds are someone on my facebook list or friends of friends shares these views.
|
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2016 10:34
|
|
|
Jail does sound pretty sweet when you talk about it like that. What's the least bad crime I can do that will get me, say, 6 months of nice free vacation in Mt Eden?
|
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2016 22:50
|
|
|
I hear Serco Resorts have this sweet cardio deal where they pay YOU to box with other SurreptitiousMuffin fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Jun 18, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2016 23:31
|
|
|
newtestleper posted:Jail does sound pretty sweet when you talk about it like that. What's the least bad crime I can do that will get me, say, 6 months of nice free vacation in Mt Eden? Embezzlement, rape and National-level Fraud should do it. Gotta be Pakeha though.
|
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2016 23:43
|
|
|
WarpedNaba posted:National-level Fraud should do it. Gotta be Pakeha though.
|
|
#
?
Jun 18, 2016 23:53
|
|
|
Should've stated that you have to do all three.
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 00:07
|
|
|
Varkk posted:Has to be more than that. After all Bill English never did time for stealing that housing supplement back in 2008. He just changed the law to make it legal. Plus, some fun-police judge might choose to discharge you without conviction because being Pakeha makes you an upstanding member of the community and an all-round sweet guy.
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 00:25
|
|
|
Rodney Hide: Orlando shooting might have turned out differently if I had been there and had a gun http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11659053 quote:The Orlando shooter was at his deadly work for some hours. His gun jammed at least once. He didn't have eyes in the back of his head.
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 01:13
|
|
|
Amazing how adding one more body to the gunman's count would make it a feel good story for New Zealand.
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 01:22
|
|
|
Liz Gunn, one of Mike Hosking's old co-hosts, has written a pretty amazing endorsement of the petition to remove Mike Hosking from the air.quote:I remember when I worked with him , he maintained as his mantra, with his now usual level of inordinate pride, the intended-to-be sardonic saying of Gordon Gecko in the original " Wall St " movie - namely , that " Greed Is Good" . He often repeated it off air, with that faux air of Great Authority . We all thought he was joking at first, but he was serious . I started to feel nauseous as I heard it repeated on many days, and as I saw the results of such a perspective in his approach to interviewees, and in his manipulative media pronouncements -now foisted on viewers each evening at peak time, and always aimed at endorsing Neo Liberal ideology . He has maintained that dire stance throughout his career, admiring those who exhibit the most greed and reviling those who struggle under the weight and demands of the greedy few . When I left TVNZ , I left with the most profound pity for such a dessicated human , so bereft of empathy or compassion for his fellow Kiwis , especially those who are facing difficulty or , God forbid, failure . The year I did Breakfast with him , he went out of his way to undermine me in every way he could find . My goal became a very simple one...to get in early and sit quietly in that darkened studio and say a quiet resolution - a whispered prayer -asking for help so that I would never react and never never sink to his level. That I would maintain my own dignity and never let the hurts show in any overt reaction to his many attempts to humiliate and belittle . It was a year of teeth-gritting , white knuckle survival . A quiet triumph . Every day. Over the passive and overt bullying . I have never spoken of it in public until now , when it is relevant here, to the issue of the sort of man whom TVNZ have placed in such a position of influence. I used to wonder if he would ever find that point where his lust for money or power could be satiated ? If he would ever find authentic , not trumped -up happiness, on that heavy path of the pursuit of "still-more money "? And I wondered too what had shaped a man so lacking in human kindness ? I hope he can one day turn this around. He always wanted to be Paul Holmes but he never could emulate the real Paul . In spite of Paul's self -admitted human fallibilities, Paul genuinely cared for people when he saw them suffering . He had a huge heart for Kiwis . Paul himself knew suffering. I wonder if Mike has ever allowed himself to feel that vulnerability? Do those who won't open to their own pain , risk becoming in-suffer-able.? I do not think he is a healthy touchstone for NZ broadcasting . I hope with time and perhaps some of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, himself, he can find a more real place , a more human face , a more caring heart for his fellow Kiwis . Until then, I wish for a far more empathetic nightly host to take his place at 7 pm . I endorse this petition . Liz Gunn https://www.change.org/p/tvnz-get-rid-of-hosking-1347aa6d-8044-4a33-ba59-7fe0a5dba42b/c/468079907
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 04:22
|
|
|
Ivor Biggun posted:Rodney Hide: Orlando shooting might have turned out differently if I had been there and had a gun Jesus what an utterly despicable piece of poo poo
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 06:41
|
|
|
Rodney Hide posted:I made it back to where I was staying with a rock in each hand, determined to hurl them should I come under attack. Rodney Hide fong posted:Liz Gunn, one of Mike Hosking's old co-hosts, has written a pretty amazing endorsement of the petition to remove Mike Hosking from the air. Jesus.
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 08:06
|
|
|
So a right wing former politician wishes he was at a gay bar with a loaded gun?
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 08:24
|
|
|
These are supposed to be our truth-speaking media idols, lads.
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 08:25
|
|
|
This loving country.
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 09:25
|
|
|
Ghostlight posted:This loving country.
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 10:21
|
|
|
A while ago I noticed that my student loan has a $12 late payment penalty against it, so I emailed ird asking about it. The response was "Oh that late payment penalty? Its a penalty, because of a late payment. yours sincerely, P. Edant"
|
|
#
?
Jun 19, 2016 22:14
|
|
|
 
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2016 08:27
|
|
|
Gosh if only people had said this was a bad idea and warned of mission creep and such. And if only JK had promised it'd be 2 years at most. If only.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2016 08:31
|
|
|
That doesn't look like very effective training.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2016 08:41
|
|
|
Ghostlight posted:That doesn't look like very effective training. The soldiers are actually being trained by the Iraqis to prepare them for their return to Auckland.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2016 09:05
|
|
|
fong posted:Gosh if only people had said this was a bad idea and warned of mission creep and such. And if only JK had promised it'd be 2 years at most. If only. Please don't say the word 'creep' in this thread. It makes John zone out and compile a list of his top ten ponytails and causes Max to alt tab out of his cracked copy of Ableton and start linking instagram pics to Brazilians playing DOTA.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2016 11:18
|
|
|
 I guess now we know why he won't fire her.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2016 21:13
|
|
|
Ghostlight posted:That doesn't look like very effective training. That's some interesting kneepad deployment
|
|
#
?
Jun 21, 2016 06:07
|
|
|
Jaguars! posted:That's some interesting kneepad deployment It's to hold his boots on because the shoelaces got held up in customs.
|
|
#
?
Jun 21, 2016 07:24
|
|
|
I'd not realised before how hard it is to sum up your thoughts on a complex topic like road tax on the spot in a monologue to a microphone.Varkk posted:
|
|
#
?
Jun 21, 2016 08:50
|
|
|
Verily I did sign the petition seeking to remove Hosking from television, enumerating reasons in my description
|
|
#
?
Jun 22, 2016 17:08
|
|
|
Jacobin posted:Verily I did sign the petition seeking to remove Hosking from television, enumerating reasons in my description You know what, I was going to say something about how you were #cyberbullying hosking but then I went on the herald website to find the exact term and found this instead. The Herald posted:Girls at a Christchurch high school have been told to wear longer skirts because they are distracting for male teachers and students. All students should wear orange jumpsuits to more accurately reflect their role.
|
|
#
?
Jun 22, 2016 22:26
|
|
|
All male teachers who are distracted by the skirt lengths of high school students should probably be put on a sex offender registry.
|
|
#
?
Jun 22, 2016 23:01
|
|
|
Hornby high school? More like... well, you know. What a crock of poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Jun 22, 2016 23:02
|
|
|
Isn't that the school our exalted PM attended?
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2016 01:28
|
|
|
Ghostlight posted:All male teachers who are distracted by the skirt lengths of high school students should probably be put on a sex offender registry. Eh, if he's like...25 and the students are year 13 I can see it being a problem. But a 'senior staff member' implies a crusty middle aged man at the very least. e: in fact there's a catchy examination of the phenomenon right here on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j75tJNYwWkY
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2016 01:45
|
|
|
Even at 25, I was capable of not sexualising women. A 25 year old teacher who is distracted by short skirts on female students is not mature enough to teach. I think the distracting excuse is a red herring, what they really mean is that shirt skirts make you look slutty and immoral and God doesn't like that so make yourself modest. But, they can't say that out loud and they probably don't even know that that's the real reason.
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2016 03:15
|
|
|
That is the point isn't it, they say it is to protect the men/boys or to protect the girls from them. But in reality it is about controlling the girls.
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2016 03:27
|
|
|
klen dool posted:Even at 25, I was capable of not sexualising women. I still haven't learned to do that, any advice?
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2016 03:51
|
|
|
Varkk posted:That is the point isn't it, they say it is to protect the men/boys or to protect the girls from them. But in reality it is about controlling the girls. Quoted for truth.
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2016 03:53
|
|
|
Slavvy posted:Eh, if he's like...25 and the students are year 13 I can see it being a problem. But a 'senior staff member' implies a crusty middle aged man at the very least. what! no! what the hell 25 year old men are perfectly capable of not sexualising women, especially probable minors who they interact with in a supervisory/teacher-student capacity Jesus
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2016 04:15
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 22, 2024 09:42 |
|
|
klen dool posted:Even at 25, I was capable of not sexualising women. A 25 year old teacher who is distracted by short skirts on female students is not mature enough to teach. Hey! Look legs! is hardwired. The difference is not doing anything with it and moving on.
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2016 06:07
|
|