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JC

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Check out the comments here...
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.facebook.com/CheckpointRNZ/videos/1697716397137456/'>https://www.facebook.com/CheckpointRNZ/videos/1697716397137456/</a>
 
(video is meh... just John Campbell being a tool)
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Well you could have put a health warning or something on that. That's given me brain fever or something. No other explanation for the 30 IQ points I lost when I clicked on the link.

Billy Tell

I see Ritchie has waded into the debate.
 
GOAT.
 
NB:
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://tvnz.co.nz/seven-sharp/australia-jack-tame-experiments-nz-flag-in-times-square-video-6350987'>http://tvnz.co.nz/seven-sharp/australia-jack-tame-experiments-nz-flag-in-times-square-video-6350987</a>

jegga

This guy reckons Slater or his cronies made those posts on the rnz page.<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://dimpost.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/the-mysterious-case-of-the-hate-speech-on-the-rnz-facebook-page/'>https://dimpost.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/the-mysterious-case-of-the-hate-speech-on-the-rnz-facebook-page/</a>

antipodean

Relevant and another example of why I consider the State shouldn't fund broadcasters. <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2016/02/why-are-radionz-and-john-campbell-allowing-death-threats-against-the-prime-minister/'>http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2016/02/why-are-radionz-and-john-campbell-allowing-death-threats-against-the-prime-minister/</a>

taniwharugby

cos its just banter bro, they aint fo' real or nuttin!

MN5

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If it wasn't for Damien McKenzie, Tony Brown and my two blonde cousins I'd be the whitest Maori around. ;)
 
Also, being Maori hasn't hindered Hekia and Paula in their quest to be the rightiest, tightiest in the Nats. 
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Ha, wrong. My better half is the whitest Maori around, she doesn't like eggs or seafood though so she's clearly an imposter.

taniwharugby

she don't need to like eggs to cook em! :idiot2:

MN5

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she don't need to like eggs to cook em! :idiot2:
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Exactly....I learnt very early on in the piece that I poach em a shit load better than she does though.

NTA

She's doing it deliberately because FUCK your eggs.

MN5

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She's doing it deliberately because FUCK your eggs.
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That's funny cos it's true. She buys those big cheap nasty trays. I thought I was only a beer snob but turns out I'm an egg snob too. Free range don't fall apart when you poach them and have a much healthier colour.

TeWaio

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That's funny cos it's true. She buys those big cheap nasty trays. I thought I was only a beer snob but turns out I'm an egg snob too. Free range don't fall apart when you poach them and have a much healthier colour.
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THIS. Quality eggs is up there in terms of importance with quality of steak/fish. 
Storing good quality eggs in a sealed jar/tupperware with a whole truffle is awesome, infuses the flavour straight in through the shells. 
Shit, wrong thread...

jegga

The feral that threw brown liquid on Brownlee yesterday 
Lost a kid to falling rubble in the February quake 
Doesn't live in Christchurch he lives in Greymouth and whines about the rebuild 
He and his wife are sickness beneficiaries but say the govt is heartless. 
Got home d for possessing child porn which he tried to blame on his sons death but started looking at it years before the quakes. 
Ffs.

Paekakboyz

That's the thing that rips my undies bro - the fringe element paints the broader group of people who disagree with the TPPA or Flag or whatever. Or like that last protest where the guy interviewed had fuck all knowledge of what he was even protesting.
 
My dislike (hate is a strong word/feeling) of Key and National makes me super aware of my bias and the need to play the ball not the (wo)man. With the flag I'm salty about the process and meh about the new options... but such is life!

Baron Silas Greenback

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That's the thing that rips my undies bro - the fringe element paints the broader group of people who disagree with the TPPA or Flag or whatever. Or like that last protest where the guy interviewed had fuck all knowledge of what he was even protesting.
 
My dislike (hate is a strong word/feeling) of Key and National makes me super aware of my bias and the need to play the ball not the (wo)man. With the flag I'm salty about the process and meh about the new options... but such is life!
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What was wrong with the process specifically?

Paekakboyz

no graphic designers (or design folks) on committee, roadshow approach to engage with community felt super out of touch and was poorly attended. Which imo led to little variation when it came to the final options. You can look at that as reflecting clear theme/s or elements that people liked but I think we missed out on some designs or feedback to flag designers by the committee

jegga

Paekakboyz , who's to blame for it being poorly attended?

taniwharugby

I felt there was a decent variety of people (sure there woulda been gaps, but you will never please everyone) who had a decent grasp of NZ and what it meant to be a NZer, not convinced someone with a design background (god forbid Vexology) was required given they weren't designing the flags, they were assessing those that were submitted, of which many you could tell had no proper 'design' input.

MajorRage

I think the flag has bought out the worst in the country. I've been ashamed to read some of the things I've read. 
 
Apparently Carter and Richie are just "fukn merceneries" to money from Key and thats why they are saying they are pro change.
 
I get that some people don't like Key, I get that those that don't like Key and want the flag to stay have a double-barrel hatred of the guy. But there seems to be a complete lack of ability to respect other peoples opinions.. 
 
Most of it is very shameful.

Paekakboyz

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Paekakboyz , who's to blame for it being poorly attended?
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Now I feel like I'm running the Wellington 7's!!
 
But in a funny kind of way there are parallels. If people aren't engaged then why would they watch, listen or attend? Flag consultation had a better starting position as it was new and really significant. Yet the numbers were low enough for it to be a source for average NZ comedy show piss takes. Would fully agree that some form of face-to-face consultation is vital in such a big conversation and decision. Also appreciate that the organisers would have been criticised if that hadn't been part of the programme. Not an easy task but disappointing imo.

MN5

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I think the flag has bought out the worst in the country. I've been ashamed to read some of the things I've read. 
 
Apparently Carter and Richie are just "fukn merceneries" to money from Key and thats why they are saying they are pro change.
 
I get that some people don't like Key, I get that those that don't like Key and want the flag to stay have a double-barrel hatred of the guy. But there seems to be a complete lack of ability to respect other peoples opinions.. 
 
Most of it is very shameful.
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I agree, that's why I will never comment on it. Ever.
 
Can we go back to talking about eggs ?

The Silver Fern

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