tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post1658286223420974166..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Nigel, meet Te Radar. I hope you get along.Karl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-80706650204785977422014-08-23T17:59:21.590+12:002014-08-23T17:59:21.590+12:00"We had heard nothing from the hundreds of th..."We had heard nothing from the hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders who enjoy alcohol in moderation, without any adverse effect on their health or their family life." WRONG<br /><br />Latta himself and many of the experts he spoke to said they were regular drinkers, and did not want it banned, and they seemed pretty healthy and well healed. <br /><br />You're just the typical bigot who chooses to overlook the empirical data that doesn't suit you. <br /><br />If scientifically illiterate fools such as yourself were relied upon for progress, we would still be burning witches and trading in indulgences. <br /><br /><br /><br />Thomas Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608898937864512980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-85626577421699302082014-08-23T13:41:51.447+12:002014-08-23T13:41:51.447+12:00"I can never quite work out why people like S..."I can never quite work out why people like Sellman think that selling beer and wine in supermarkets is so evil..."<br /><br />Simple.. once upon a time priests and parsons thundered on about said evils from the pulpit and just enough money to feed themselves. <br />Now they go to university and thunder on about said evils for a Professor's salary plus grants and any number of paid for overseas trips in salubrious surroundings.<br /><br />JC JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875768024598278750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-11609841284936166942014-08-23T13:12:42.217+12:002014-08-23T13:12:42.217+12:00I thought that his session on education showed jus... I thought that his session on education showed just how completely he could be captured by the so called 'experts' around him. He accepted almost without question that the way he was taught was 'bad' and the new way was 'good'. He reminded me so much that when teaching in a Canadian school I found just how successful a school could be in showing just the face it wanted to the visitors when the reality was quite different. The less a person knows about education, the easier it is to do this and he fell so easily into that trap. I's no surprise that the other programmes are much the same. I can never quite work out why people like Sellman think that selling beer and wine in supermarkets is so evil...Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-43936185485339416882014-08-23T13:02:45.050+12:002014-08-23T13:02:45.050+12:00Ah Karl, you are common sense personified.Ah Karl, you are common sense personified.Lincoln Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956106691309221990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-52752590743315454342014-08-23T10:23:04.105+12:002014-08-23T10:23:04.105+12:00Our local economists, using facts and figures have...Our local economists, using facts and figures have easily batted the alcohol and inequality doom merchants time and again.. especially the overhyped teen drinking issue which has been steadily declining for years. They've done it again on Latta and his response appeared (on inequality) appeared to be just a feeling he had backed by a couple of discredited studies.<br /><br />It seems to me that these one sided programmes, experts, speakers and busybody groups are all trying to do the same thing.. namely to avoid pinning the problems solely where they belong.. on the specific individuals and families and groups who or which create the bulk of the stats.<br /><br />Its like projecting Maori as a race having all these problems yet when you look at the stats for say unemployment we get these doom laden voices saying Maori unemployment is twice that of pakeha.. but hang on, doesn't that really mean that over 90% of Maori *are* employed?<br /><br />The OECD chapter on Hows Life? tells you just how blessed we are and how we are either satisfied or happy across the income deciles. In just about every measure we self report that we are either at the OECD average or well above average and we are simply doing quite well thank you. <br /><br />http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/economics/how-s-life-2013/how-s-life-at-a-glance_how_life-2013-6-en#page1<br /><br />Still, I suppose Latta and doomy cronies would interpret these figures as to just how deluded and befuddled we are with drink and inequality to think we are in great shape.<br /><br />JC JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875768024598278750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-4936706524270918782014-08-23T09:44:55.750+12:002014-08-23T09:44:55.750+12:00When he stuck to parenting, Nigel Latta made a lot...When he stuck to parenting, Nigel Latta made a lot of sense. But now that he seems to think he's an expert on everything and hosts one-sided documentaries, I no longer have any time for him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07657221234807608223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-6973767214756548152014-08-23T09:02:47.229+12:002014-08-23T09:02:47.229+12:00That made my day.
Of course, Latta has an interes...That made my day.<br /><br />Of course, Latta has an interest in stoking up as much anxiety as possible. Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-16358752839921438102014-08-23T08:56:00.056+12:002014-08-23T08:56:00.056+12:00Back in the 60’s and 70’s we used to impute simila...Back in the 60’s and 70’s we used to impute similar ill-deserved credibility to rock stars, expecting them to have meaningful insights into everything from world peace, to enlightenment. <br /><br />It seems today we have created new genre of celebrity who are equally happy to opine outside their sphere of expertise, Nigel Latta being one of them. <br />Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com