Comments on: Minto says smash the machines

By: BlairM

BlairM — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:16:34 +0000

The main problem with pokies is that they are run by cartels. Deregulate them and allow people to provide them for profit. Machine owners will compete with each other for better odds, and people won’t lose as much money playing them.

As for Minto, I am still regretting not organising an occupation of his property to turn it into “the people’s house”.

By: Lee01

Lee01 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:20:18 +0000

Big Bruv,

If you had turned off the voices in your head for a few minutes and actually read my posts you would have seen that my position was to get the state out of marriage altogether.

I was arguing about the definition of marriage, not what the state should do.

And the only “religious fundies” are in your head.

Take your medication.

By: big bruv

big bruv — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:01:02 +0000

“I don’t want the state to interfere in anyones life. ”

Except when it comes to allowing “those poofters’ to get married aye Lee.

Just another hypocritical religious fundy.

By: David Garrett

David Garrett — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:37:10 +0000

Lee01: I think the young man may be a student, so hopefully he will grow out of his foolishness once he has added a bit of life experience to his “book learnin”..

By: Lee01

Lee01 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:16:41 +0000

“religious conservatives want the state to stop interfering in their religion but want the state to interfere in everyone elses life.”

Thats a huge generalisation. I’m a religious conservative and a paleolibertarian. I don’t want the state to interfere in anyones life. But then the concept of “interference” can be subjective.

By: Lee01

Lee01 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:14:47 +0000

“It is a legitimate opinion to think Minto is the greatest New Zealander ever.”

It’s an opinion, but it’s not legitimate. It is in fact just plain silly.

By: Ryan Sproull

Ryan Sproull — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:14:22 +0000

Anarcho-Capitalists might dispute that.

Not if they quoted the whole sentence.

By: Lee01

Lee01 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:13:24 +0000

“Being a libertarian (a true libertarian – i.e, an anarchist, not a minarchist) involves opposing capitalism.

Anarcho-Capitalists might dispute that.

By: kowtow

kowtow — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:43:29 +0000

I have a lot of time for cops.Very hard job, including shiftwork.

By: Hamnida

Hamnida — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:04:10 +0000

If I could understand the sentence, I would give you answer, typos or not.

You seem to have some serious issues with using peoples names in wrong ways. I don’t think you are the type of person to be handing out life advice.

By: David Garrett

David Garrett — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:39 +0000

My mistake Graeme….nice to know that at least one young man knows something of truly great men….

Highlighting a typo, little boy! Haw haw haw! That’ll persuade the adult audience of the value of your argument…

By: Hamnida

Hamnida — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:52:35 +0000

It would be unusual for David G to get something wrong or misquote someone. After all, he has been so honest and successful in life to date.

By: Graeme Edgeler

Graeme Edgeler — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:45:49 +0000

“If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did.”

– Winston Churchill of Sir Keith Park.

Not confusing Winston Churchill with Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder, are we David G?

By: Hamnida

Hamnida — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:43:51 +0000

Garrett – In your 1:30pm post, the second sentence does not make any sense. Could you please repeat it?

I do not consider myself a “youth”.

By: David Garrett

David Garrett — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:33:58 +0000

“If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did.”

– Winston Churchill of Sir Keith Park.

Don’t tell me Hamnida…Churchill was a war monger? Park was complicit in the murder of innocent German pilots?

How simply things are for the callow youth….Well I hope to God you ARE a youth…The young can be forgiven most things.

By: David Garrett

David Garrett — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:30:45 +0000

A meeting between Willie Apiata and Minto…I’d pay money to see that one…

How many years have you been at Uni how Hamnida? Yep, Minto would stack up against Sir Keith Park…google his name…see if you learn anything….mind you with a mind like yours it’s probably a pointless exercise…

By: Hamnida

Hamnida — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:20:00 +0000

Garrett – Hamnida is my real name and I am a man.

It is a legitimate opinion to think Minto is the greatest New Zealander ever.

Others I rate: Apiata, Lange, Mansfield, Savage, Kirk, Callaghan, Gluckman and our tens of thousands of returned service people.

I also have a lot of time for nurses. Very hard job including shift work.

By: Paulus

Paulus — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:18:59 +0000

Minto should talk to Russel Norman – he and his associates are against everything.

By: Northland Wahine

Northland Wahine — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:16:23 +0000

David… Even more so if a said PIis fafafine…

I think pokies and housie halls take food out of kids mouths too. Thing is, you remove one addiction and up pops another in some form or another. What they need to learn is self responsibility and accountability. End of story.

By: David Garrett

David Garrett — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:12:17 +0000

kowtow: A notable omission Sir…Upham just popped into my head; Park would have been a much better military example.. in the opinion of many – as you know – if it wasn’t for Park the Battle of Britain would have been lost…

but surely the silly little (wo)man was taking the piss?