The most appropriate response to a 3 year old saying “poos” and “wees” for attention is to ignore them. Any reaction you give them serves as what psychologists call “negative reinforcement” and will encourage them to do it more.

Posting provocative comments online, usually of less than 3 sentences, which don’t have a defensible point to make and seem calculated to push people’s buttons and derail the conversation, is called “trolling”. Something about being on the internet has regressed the person trolling (usually entitled white men who feel their privilege is under threat) back to that 3 year old state of mind. Again, it’s best not to encourage them by posting the offended or emotional reaction they are looking. For more information about the dynamics of trolling, see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVSAFhTjAdc

Please don’t feed the trolls 🙂

Andrew – get a life. Have a go at those addicted to wealth as they affect the rest.

The TPP stances of Trump and Clinton can only be seen as a weather vane for US public attitudes, and only until one of them takes office. Whether the US ratifies the TPP depends much more on Congress than on the President. Either way, USA politics only affects whether the USA ratify the TPP and fulfill whatever paltry tokens they’ve offered in it. If Key gets his way, parliament will pass all the TPP enabling legislation regardless of whether NZ gets any magic beans out of it or not. This is why this Hikoi and other anti-TPP activism remains important, until the treaty, like ACTA and the MAI before it, is totally stopped.

I’ve got some practical ideas to address some of these issues as well.

Do you really trust these people or are you just naive ?

Kia kaha, kaihikoi ma, mo tatou katoa, mo to tatou mana rakatira 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂