Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com There is no right in the world not to be offended. That right simply doesn’t exist. In a free society, an open society, people have strong opinions, and these opinions very often clash. In a democracy, we have to learn to deal with this.
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com I don’t know much about this guy Piers Morgan. His face is recognisable from a British talent show I watched for maybe a season? I live in New Zealand and don’t follow social media – or barely – so am unfamiliar with his views. Verity
Administrator bassettbrashandhide.com Good Afternoon With regard to Michael Bassett’s deleted column, “Racism on a grand scale,” I note that you have persisted in displaying a response to it from Kelly Jensen. He or she claims: “To begin with, Dr Bassett takes issue with the new Aotearoa New Zealand
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com I have always believed strongly in free speech. So did my university teachers. I recall my professor saying to me: “I might disagree fundamentally with what you say, but I fought in the War for your right to be able to say it”. About a month
Both the NZ Herald and the Northland Age published and then memory-holed the below article. At The BFD we do not support censorship or cancel culture so have obtained permission to re-publish the article so that our audience can make up their own minds. The original headline of the article
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Corrections has released December 2020 prison statistics. My question is, how do you react to this graph? There are around 1,500 fewer people in prison than the Justice Sector forecast there would be. Does that inspire you? Does it make you feel less safe?
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Watching TV last night, I couldn’t help thinking that the Prime Minister’s extraordinary luck is starting to run out. Every aspect of her lockdowns was questioned. Endless bungling over the South Auckland community outbreaks of Covid 19 were revealed, and she didn’t seem
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Here are three stupid statements : “Follow the Science”. “Evidence-based decision making”. “I believe in Science”. There are a myriad of statements in similar vein all equally stupid. Credentialed scientists, media designated experts, world leaders and once august organisations use these stupid statements to buttress their very
Sunlive theweekendsun.co.nz A lifelong fascination with the weather has led John Maunder around the world, and he’s spent 70 years researching the effects of our climate. At age eight John noticed the empty lot next to the BNZ bank in Takaka, where his family lived, would flood
Justice for Myanmar justiceformyanmar.org February 25, 2021 In the upmarket Yankin township of Yangon, near the iconic Inya Lake, the Golden City complex dominates the skyline. Capped with a giant “Huawei” sign for Golden City’s biggest tenant, the buildings are home to powerful Chinese multinational corporations, including CITIC,
Chris Sellars A mate of mine once remarked that ‘no good deed goes unpunished‘. There is only one thing worse than being right about such things. That is having a friend who is right about such things. In this particular case, the good deed never did eventuate. The good intention
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com In the last couple of days, poverty and inequality have been in the news. Yesterday, Simon Wilson wrote in the Herald about the Salvation Army’s latest State of the Nation report, released two days earlier. That report told us that last year 23,000 more
Chris Sellars It’s been a funny old year in a funny old world. Definitely more in the vein of funny peculiar rather than funny ha ha I have tried to discharge my patriotic and prophetic duty of informing my loyal reader along with my many disloyal readers as to
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com I read the news now strictly for its comedic value. The New Zealand Herald and Stuff guarantee several belly laughs every morning. The headlines alone are more giggles than the Sunday funnies ever were. I once read these rags as though news was still a thing.
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com The following was brought to my attention and is very hard to argue with: Extracted from the Feb 13 Economist’s leading article, How well will vaccines work? : For all these reasons, governments need to start planning for covid-19 as an endemic disease. Today they
