The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday – 25th February 2021
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Moderation rules are more lenient for this section, but try and play nicely.
EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your comment dumped. Sexist language, homophobic language, racist language, anti-muslim hate, transphobic language, Chemtrails, 9/11 truthers, Qanon lunacy, climate deniers, anti-fluoride fanatics, anti-vaxxer lunatics, 5G conspiracy theories, the virus is a bioweapon, some weird bullshit about the UN taking over the world and ANYONE that links to fucking infowar.
Have your say on the 2020 election process. Submissions close midnight, April 6th 2021.
Sadly they haven’t made making all details private, although obviously nothing stopping you putting that in there.
https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/53SCJU_SCF_INQ_104172/inquiry-into-the-2020-general-election-and-referendums
Here is an example of our sexual assault laws “not working”, according to the Greens:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/man-jailed-over-street-assault-appeals-decision-in-supreme-court/7VJJTCBWFIBDPPSGMRC3PYSSAM/
Some curious things happening in there… lawyers for HRC more concerned with the public perception of the Bill of Rights than the collateral damage of ideology; no useful rehab in prisons making yet another entrance; and Labour saying they aren’t interested in going down the road of locking up everyone without consideration for wider context, unlike NZ First, National, and now The Greens. Contradiction everywhere you look.