I mistaken thought Russell was trying to wind me up as he had no answer to the police not prosecution the young man who impregnated the 13year old girl.

I am glad to accept you are rihgt on that point Finn. I am you agree I am right ion condemning the police inaction as well as Cindy Kiro’s

Just print it, sign it, send it.

off duty officers do not lightly put their colleagues through the turmoil such a case would so obviously have (and has) created.

the man who has been charged will (hopefully) have his day in court where he can challenge the evidence the police think they have. his assertions to date do not align with the fact he has been charged. a courtroom is the place to filter the evidence and assess who is right, and who is culpable, etc.

we will also find out whether it is an assault case that would always have been prosecuted whether or not S59 had been amended last year. the police have already said they would have prosecuted anyway.

let’s wait and see.

Hone kicking EB arse up and down a drive
would be my bet.
Hmm,would section 59 apply ?

If you are unable to understand that when there is an open and shut case of an adult having sex with a minor that person should be prosecuted?

If you cannot understand that and/or are soft on paedophiles you should get off this blog and find one more appropriate to your needs.

Chuck, thank you. I’m struggling to finish a column and my office is too hot, but you have made me smile. Awesome.

What have homosexual issues like big day out

I think you explained your personality right there and we need not talk to you any more…

You claim you do not like to pursue arguments by changing the subject. What have homosexual issues like big day out got to do with child abuse. perhaps you think there may be a link.

You accused me of making things up in a post with the time 3:13. Kindly show me in a post previous to that where I made things up.

I made the comment about Kiro after your earlier comment so the comment in the later post is not relevant. Do you understand the logic?

In regards my comment on the social parasite Kiro that is a matter of opinion not fact. As a journalist you should understand the difference.

In any case a left wing journalist is an oxymoron if there ever was one.

Er, the bit about Cindy Kiro “not giving a stuff about the welfare of children”?

For goodness sake man, it appears the story only made the press because she raised it in a speech slamming the way abusers are protected by those around them.

But can I have some of whatever it is that you’re on for the next Big Day Out? I’m pretty sure I could handle it.

Why is it that despite the 21 year old man confessing to police they have decided not to lay charges? Why have they not charged the child’s parents as well?

Surely, this is totally inconsistent with the position taken on the Christchurch smacking incident.

Further, why was the hunter who put his children at risk not charged?

There seems to be a complete lack of any rational approach, I do not disagree with charging Mason and taking it before the courts if the facts warrant it, but at the sametime why are these other cases not being prosecuted? This is what the police have to clarify. It is the appearance of double standards and lack of a rational approach that apalls me!

If I am following your drift correctly more children with find their way into Government care because of failed parenting, smacking for instance?

Wasn’t it reported as an unintended consequence of Sue Bradford’s Bill Foster parents were resigning from the responsibility of child care?

More children requiring care, fewer carers…I see problems ahead.

Which of his works is your particular favourite?

You are aware that he wrote most of his stuff in prison (under Mussolini) so he wrote in code, hence his work can if you are unaware of the actual circimstances under which it is writte, appear conspiratorial.

I know that passages of his have been meat and drink to some of our more conspiracy-mad rightists, but as I said if you were writing about Marxism while in a fascist prison, you might try and be a little vague too.