RE: Gang rape in Wellington
Mar 29th 2007, 3:32 am
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Re: Gang rape in Wellington
Back to the original post, I really can't see what purpose is served by selectively picking nasty stories from a country's media and posting them here. We all know crime happens everywhere, and if people want to find out about the news in a country they can look at the website of the Herald, or Dominion Post, etc. Then they'll get a balanced picture, not just the gang rapes, high phone charges or whatever else the scare of the day is. OK, here's one:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...29/niran29.xml
There, per capita, as many UKers have been abducted by the Iranian Republican Guard as NZers have been gang-raped in Wellington this month. Does that mean if you live in the UK you're going to be abducted by Iranians? Should potential migrants to UK be worried about abduction by foreign powers? Should potential migrants cross NZ off their list because they're worried about being gang-raped.
I would suggest "no" is the sensible answer to all of the above.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...29/niran29.xml
There, per capita, as many UKers have been abducted by the Iranian Republican Guard as NZers have been gang-raped in Wellington this month. Does that mean if you live in the UK you're going to be abducted by Iranians? Should potential migrants to UK be worried about abduction by foreign powers? Should potential migrants cross NZ off their list because they're worried about being gang-raped.
I would suggest "no" is the sensible answer to all of the above.
Why are you so opposed to the crime topic but not people saying that they don’t like NZ because of the sausages here?
Your post just doesn’t make sense
Mar 29th 2007, 3:32 am
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Re: Gang rape in Wellington
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In case you haven't noticed there are people that catually agree with my topics. You are of course intitled to your opinion which quite obviously includes me being racist. Of course becuase I lived in South Africa. Hmm, bit of generalising there mate
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http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=436149
Like you said mate, entitled to my own opinion, but that sounds pretty racist to me.
In case you haven't noticed there are people that catually agree with my topics. You are of course intitled to your opinion which quite obviously includes me being racist. Of course becuase I lived in South Africa. Hmm, bit of generalising there mate
[/QUOTE]I got this in my inbox yesterday ……….
A dark complexioned man finds a dusty old bottle in Soweto.
He dusts it off and a genie appears, offering him 3 wishes.
"E wanna de Maciedies" - Poof a big, black Merc appears.
"E wanna de beeg hows" - Poof a mansion appears.
"E wanna be white likka de baas - Poof he becomes white and Poof the car
and the house vanish.
"How Wa!!! Wezma cah ene ma hows!!??"
To which the genie replies - "You're a white man now, you must work for it!"
A dark complexioned man finds a dusty old bottle in Soweto.
He dusts it off and a genie appears, offering him 3 wishes.
"E wanna de Maciedies" - Poof a big, black Merc appears.
"E wanna de beeg hows" - Poof a mansion appears.
"E wanna be white likka de baas - Poof he becomes white and Poof the car
and the house vanish.
"How Wa!!! Wezma cah ene ma hows!!??"
To which the genie replies - "You're a white man now, you must work for it!"
Like you said mate, entitled to my own opinion, but that sounds pretty racist to me.
Mar 29th 2007, 3:44 am
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Re: Gang rape in Wellington
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=436149
Like you said mate, entitled to my own opinion, but that sounds pretty racist to me.
Like you said mate, entitled to my own opinion, but that sounds pretty racist to me.
If you understood the news that was / is happening over there then you would understand that it was making fun of a recent court battle.
Easier for you just to label me racist.
Kaya FM for your info.
Mate, you are just so determined to try and prove your point here that it is actually sad. You seem to actually taken whatever personal and I wouldn’t get too hung up on stuff on a chat forum.
I mean, you could be Robert Mugabe for all we know
Mar 29th 2007, 4:47 am
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Re: Gang rape in Wellington
And, why is it that as soon as someone disagrees with you, you say their post doesn't make sense?
Have you ever, in your life, said "Sorry, I was wrong about that?"
Have you ever seen Harry Enfield's "self-righteous brothers" sketches?
Mar 29th 2007, 8:14 am
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Re: Gang rape in Wellington
Batty, so sorry to hear you've been on the receiving end of any violence, but your "fact" about the rule of thumb intrigued me. It's worth having a look here:
http://www.debunker.com/texts/ruleofthumb.html
I do wish people would check their facts before quoting them here - especially posters whose writing is usually so well informed and balanced.
http://www.debunker.com/texts/ruleofthumb.html
I do wish people would check their facts before quoting them here - especially posters whose writing is usually so well informed and balanced.
" Up to the end of the 19th century, the law supported the right of men to control their wives by force. When the law intervened it was to restrain violence but not to prevent it.
In 1772 Judge Butler held that assaults on wives were legal provided that husbands used a stick no thicker than a thumb. This was called 'The Rule of Thumb'. "
Ok - I've just done another search about the 'myth' and there does seem to be a case against it - I wasn't actually looking for the Rule of Thumb - I was looking for when beating your wife as a right was abolished in the UK and thought that was interesting.
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Mar 29th 2007, 9:10 am
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Re: Gang rape in Wellington
no pr,just going as tourists. have done quite lot looking into it,and have heard theres loads construction work going all over.
we are going to the south island.
if it dont work out there,then we will go to the north.
going to give it a good go in n.z. anyway,if its not for us ,well at least we can say we tried.
cheers
eileen
Mar 29th 2007, 9:22 am
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Re: Gang rape in Wellington
Let's just leave it at that.
Let's not try to prove you are right or I am wrong. It is your opinion and my opinion - both are right for each of us. Anything beyond that is confusing
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Mar 29th 2007, 9:32 am
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Re: Gang rape in Wellington
hi there,
no pr,just going as tourists. have done quite lot looking into it,and have heard theres loads construction work going all over.
we are going to the south island.
if it dont work out there,then we will go to the north.
going to give it a good go in n.z. anyway,if its not for us ,well at least we can say we tried.
cheers
eileen
no pr,just going as tourists. have done quite lot looking into it,and have heard theres loads construction work going all over.
we are going to the south island.
if it dont work out there,then we will go to the north.
going to give it a good go in n.z. anyway,if its not for us ,well at least we can say we tried.
cheers
eileen
