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Eugenius

For me ‘Dog eat Dog’ is a very extreme description. Perhaps in utter poverty , in war time or violent revolution or at the very heights of industry ; I dunno . But even then - community and cooperation exists in slums , surviving occupations and disaster . Even when I was without a roof and sleeping...

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This minister is abit of a worry , strange wee bloke .

I’m confused about his priorities.

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It’ll cost billions and might be regarded as a last century solution .

Better spent on modern inter-island ferries I would think .

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Ted. wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:32 pm Eug, just be thankful that you haven't been put through the same experiences that Jammy has.

Given the end result , absolutely !

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My living circumstances are perhaps an example of the dog eat dog world, who missed out so I could come here, there must be a finite number of people who are allowed into NZ, why me and not someone else. My very employment meant someone else had to miss out, maybe it was a kiwi who I took the job o...

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There's no deflection whatsoever. I really have no idea where you're coming from here. You're clearly living a comfortable life in a country you rocked up to and took you in. How is that reflective of solely a dog eat dog world? Speaking of deflection, how about you answer that without deflecting t...

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My living circumstances are perhaps an example of the dog eat dog world, who missed out so I could come here, there must be a finite number of people who are allowed into NZ, why me and not someone else. My very employment meant someone else had to miss out, maybe it was a kiwi who I took the job o...

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It being a dog eat dog world has nothing whatsoever to do with NZ’s world view and I think you know that. That was a terrible attempt at deflection. There's no deflection whatsoever. I really have no idea where you're coming from here. You're clearly living a comfortable life in a country you rocke...

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jambanja wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:37 am
Eugenius wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:16 am Indeed.
And you accuse me of being absolutist, bit hypocritical of you

I don’t think you quite understand the term , where did I make an absolutist statement like you have ?

I usually qualify it, you don’t seem to .

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Indeed.

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Is there any chance you can take up fishing or restoring old cars or gardening or ultramarathons or all of these? Anything that will stop you stinking up threads will be fine. :lol: Good old Sonny "White Lives Matter" Blount. It was not me who introduced the racial bigotry. Nooooooo .. never . Just...

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Aren't most mass shootings in the US done by home grown wacko white boys? Why not jump to that conclusion in this case? Or you know, wait for the facts before making an arse out of yourself. Well, because the majority of mass shootings in the US are carried out by Black Americans for one. Absolute ...

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Frankly many in here regard you are abit of a‘nutter’ .

Go figure .

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Don’t worry , I highly doubt you’ve been quite as censored .

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I strongly disagree with this. Some cultures, dynasties, social constructs, political and economic systems, call, them what you will, tend to lend themselves to crueller behaviours towards our fellows. However, we are not inherently savages, noble or otherwise. There are plenty of examples of human...

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/514 ... sGurNYDIrs

This is all getting slightly weird .

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Yeah I think that you’re right unfortunately.

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I thought National wants us to be aspirational ?

Obviously not that way , too ‘unrealistic’ and utopian.

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Poor bastard , was he the one that attempted to hit the attacker with a bollard ?

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While you are correct in a lot of what you say, the graphic in question presents the ideal, not the reality . We are however inherently savages, there is no escaping that sad reality, how else can you explain all the shit stuff happening around the world. You don’t say . Jesus Jammy - :roll: Yes I ...

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Just calling it what it is, human nature does not allow for that kind of aspiration to flourish, otherwise it would have. You like to live in a fantasy world I am happy to deal with reality. I strongly disagree with this. Some cultures, dynasties, social constructs, political and economic systems, ...

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Your argument was extremely absolute and that is obviously what I was responding to . You’ve argued that anything but self interest and exploitation doesn’t exist with in ‘human nature’ , I disagree . Obviously I think you understand gritty , that’s why I was prodding . You think it’s fantasy land d...

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This bloke clearly believes he’s in an intellectual position to patronise everyone from .

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It doesn’t .

But remember this is a bloke that insists that there’s no such thing as society .

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He’s had a lot of help, much of which was rejected .

But his violent upbringing doesn’t excuse his violent temper , at a certain point it does come down to character . He wasn’t mentally ill , so it really does come back to him .

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Yet you live in Merivale why not Linwood? I don’t live in Merivale , I live in the central city. And hypocritically* I prefer a level of comfort compared to when I did live in Linwood let alone when was homeless whilst in Sydney . I remember you posting a picture of a house you were thinking of buy...

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Not nearly .

It’s a bare C pass , you should meet some of the people I have . Phenomenal human beings.

Not zealots either just good people who are fun to be around , I wish I were 1/2 as kind .

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tubbyj wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:32 am Yet you live in Merivale why not Linwood?

I don’t live in Merivale , I live in the central city.

And hypocritically* I prefer a level of comfort compared to when I did live in Linwood let alone when was homeless whilst in Sydney .

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And some of those helping others are extremely successful, whether materially or practically. Piss off Sonny . I’m not arguing that some not need to succeed do that others might have a chance , I’m arguing that it’s not Utopian to care for others . As a social Democrat I really don’t see the contra...

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Certainly its ideology is more ‘caring’ and was intended by Christian capitalists to be a more ‘realistic’ attempt at socialism. I do active works - that what makes me more ‘caring’ whatever the hell that means , that satisfies what passes as my personal ideology. 10’s of thousands are far more dedi...

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And some of those helping others are extremely successful, whether materially or practically. Piss off Sonny . I’m not arguing that some not need to succeed so that others might have a chance , I’m arguing that it’s not Utopian to care for others . Neither am I insisting that all can or even should ...

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It’s aspirational surely , always with the absolutism you . Just calling it what it is, human nature does not allow for that kind of aspiration to flourish, otherwise it would have. You like to live in a fantasy world I am happy to deal with reality. It’s not a fantasy world to work with the homele...

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It’s aspirational surely , always with the absolutism you .

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It’s hard to not see this as a deliberate act to escalate by Israel .

Netanyahu’s survival extended but at what cost .

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Not ya mum - just most that hook up with a businessman.

It’s like the subject that private school girls take when not overly ambitious for anything but marriage.

I dumped it pretty quick and did history, it doesn’t help much.

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Lots of people change their political views either through a new focus or influence of changing values and priorities . I’m not sure University study had much to do with it . The worse Righties in my family were my uncle Alan ( BNZ ) and now brother in law . Ghastly unfeeling dishonest and completel...

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I don’t think she’ll give a shit frankly , psychiatrists tend to be able to say pretty much anything .

( worse, people believe them )

I imagine the union meeting with the new minister is going to be an absolute doozie this year .

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No lessons learned? A West Australian former reporter now working for the United Nations Children’s Fund is lucky to be alive after being shot at in Gaza. Tess Ingram, who worked for the Australian Financial Review’s Perth bureau and then this masthead before moving to New York to work for the Unit...

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:lol: If there wasn’t coffee being spluttered over monitors and keyboards before, there most definitely is now. :lol: Hang on, my parents met at Canty. :x She fine arts, he engineering.... I hope he opened with “You sure are a Fineeee Arts student”. That was a recurring pattern with the first partn...

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Luxons corporate jargon rightly irritates those with a decent arts education , they have been trained to seek out and reject specious argument and nonsensical gibberish. I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I...

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