I have a question:
At what point do you say "f*ck the party, the country comes first" and you work with whoever you need to to make things better?
Traditionally I'm a centre-right business supporting welfare loathing hardass, however I am willing to abandon everything to see things in this country get better.
This left-wing blog makes a lot of sense on the issue of child abuse. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/blogs/john-pagani-left-leaning/5511201/Heres-how-we-stop-our-kids-being-bashed
At what point does an issue become so "serious" that our politicians stop caring about party loyalties and do what's best for the country?
At what point do you say "f*ck the party, the country comes first" and you work with whoever you need to to make things better?
Traditionally I'm a centre-right business supporting welfare loathing hardass, however I am willing to abandon everything to see things in this country get better.
This left-wing blog makes a lot of sense on the issue of child abuse. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/blogs/john-pagani-left-leaning/5511201/Heres-how-we-stop-our-kids-being-bashed
At what point does an issue become so "serious" that our politicians stop caring about party loyalties and do what's best for the country?
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I have always seemed to believe that something becomes a serious "partisan" issue for politicians when it directly affects them...
I suppose I am not really satisfied with the government at the moment, am having a hard time finding a job and living is just getting more expensive. Then I hear and read stuff happening around the country while the fat cats in the bee hive sit their and seem to be doing squat all to address deep issues in our society.
Recently in a lecture in a discussion with someone they said that New Zealands family unit is based off the one in the U.S and the U.K and it is quite obvious that it is failing over there.
Then of course back in 2008 when the big coporate banks got their fat pay-out because they were 'to big to fail' while the poor man gets shoved to the side and fed beans.
Another interesting article I read in a journal was addressing the fact that economies in the west that drive on consumption are finally hitting a road block and that it is not sustainable any more, ala the EU..
sh*t times eh? haha. I just want to watch football....Azevo2011-08-26 13:46:15
I suppose I am not really satisfied with the government at the moment, am having a hard time finding a job and living is just getting more expensive. Then I hear and read stuff happening around the country while the fat cats in the bee hive sit their and seem to be doing squat all to address deep issues in our society.
Recently in a lecture in a discussion with someone they said that New Zealands family unit is based off the one in the U.S and the U.K and it is quite obvious that it is failing over there.
Then of course back in 2008 when the big coporate banks got their fat pay-out because they were 'to big to fail' while the poor man gets shoved to the side and fed beans.
Another interesting article I read in a journal was addressing the fact that economies in the west that drive on consumption are finally hitting a road block and that it is not sustainable any more, ala the EU..
sh*t times eh? haha. I just want to watch football....Azevo2011-08-26 13:46:15
We will never fully decide who has won the football.
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My thoughts are that if enough people dont vote (ie 51% of the country) then neither party can really claim victory thus forcing both sides of the chamber to pull their heads from out of their asses and listen to what the people want!
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
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At what point do you say "f*ck the party, the country comes first" and you work with whoever you need to to make things better?
In my opinion? At the very start. Party loyalty is meaningless. Vote for whomever you think can do the most good based on your priorities, rather than voting for the party you tend to align yourself with. Politically I tend to align with Labour, but I'm seriously considering voting Green this year.
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Politics is a bit like evolution, where there are forces of natural selection at play.
Like the peacock's large feathers that help it attract a mate, the largest and prettiest displays are more likely to ensure that the peacock mates and passes on their genes, even though the feathers may increase the risk of getting caught by a predator, it is the peahen's decision in the mate that determines which genes are passed on.
Like the peacock's large feathers that help it attract a mate, the largest and prettiest displays are more likely to ensure that the peacock mates and passes on their genes, even though the feathers may increase the risk of getting caught by a predator, it is the peahen's decision in the mate that determines which genes are passed on.
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My thoughts are that if enough people dont vote (ie 51% of the country) then neither party can really claim victory thus forcing both sides of the chamber to pull their heads from out of their asses and listen to what the people want!
Your right, but there will still be a government regardless.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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It would be great if people would stop simply calling right-wingers idiots or calling left-wingers idiots and think about the issue at hand, especially since both groups usually want the same thing in the end. But people are tribal creatures.
I like tautologies because I like them.
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It would be great if people would stop simply calling right-wingers idiots or calling left-wingers idiots and think about the issue at hand, especially since both groups are idiots.
Fixed
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that too
I like tautologies because I like them.
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