JonnyF

Unfortunately Aboriginal communities have long suffered from the plague of Alcohol abuse. When I first worked in Sydney I used to walk through Redfern to my job in Alexandria. It was an Aboriginal hotspot at the time (maybe it still is?) and there were always groups of Aboriginals there, huddled around in groups of 5-10 hitting the bottle - and that was at 7am. I'm not really sure banning it for certain hours of the day or days of the week is the best solution though. Maybe education would be the way to go in the long term, it seems like a change of culture is required.

Indeed. I don't have a Crystal Ball but once this story dies down I can see a visit from immigration officials in this man's future.

This public announcement should escalate things nicely. I'm all for helping Ukraine, but why all the announcements? Just do it discretely for goodness sake. I guess they can't resist the opportunity for Virtue Signalling.

Why not go the other direction? A stripper M&M, a drunk M&M, a gun toting M&M? More refelective of society. More inclusive to strippers, drunks and the gun lobby. They've really missed a trick here, I wonder if they even knew I was available...

Lets hope he does a better job than Ardern. It would be hard to do worse. Let's also hope the ultra authoritarianism policies and chilling phrases like "We will continue to be your only source of truth" and "Unless you hear it is from us, it is not the truth" are confined to the history books as warning signs not to be repeated. Given that he's already claimed that criticism of Ardern was down to misogyny, I hold little hope for him. So let's hope NZ gets it right at the next elections.

Strawman. I said he should take his punishment. I did not say said punishment had been agreed upon yet. Maybe he will be found guilty and his punishment will be jail time. Maybe he will be found not guilty and his punishment will only be loss of reputation, months in court and the guilt of killing an innocent woman hanging over him for the rest of his life. Either way, he should take it like a man. Somehow, given his post-killing weasel like interviews, I doubt he will.

Actually it's an example of one person doing all the work (cutting) and the other getting to reap the benefits by choosing the largest piece following said cut. Imagine we'd just cut down a large Oak tree and agreed to share the wood. I said "Right, you cut that thing in half, I'm off for a beer and I'll be back in a couple of hours to choose the best bit". Get it now?

Well it goes some way towards explaining his actions since he killed the woman.

He's only just been charged, how could he be convicted? Read the OP for goodness sake and stop asking inane questions.????

It's his responsibility as a citizen not to point a gun at someone and pull the trigger unless he KNOWS it is not loaded. Not thinks, suspects, assumes. KNOWS. To do otherwise is reckless. Now, read that definition again. Now I know he's a good dedicated Democrat and all that, but somehow I doubt the Screen Actors Unions rules will supersede those of the American justice system. He has blood on his hands and he should take his punishment like a man instead of trying to weasle out of it by blaming all those around him.

So why make false claims? Just more lies from the corrupt EU. It reminds me of them claiming to act in good faith while negotiating a trade deal post Brexit. They cannot be trusted, as the recent corruption scandal has highlighted. Classic EU, pretending to hold the high ground while lying through their teeth. Lower than a snake's belly.

He could plead that. Unfortunately, he did not "KNOW" that it was just a prop. If he KNEW, an innocent woman would not have died from a gunshot wound that day. Therefore, to point the gun at someone and pull the trigger is incredibly reckless. Which fits the defintion of involuntary manslaughter pretty much perfectly. https://www.justia.com/criminal/offenses/homicide/involuntary-manslaughter/

Glad to hear you speak on behalf of Scottish voters everywhere ????. Unfortunately the UK has already left the EU so that ship has sailed. It's good to hear they still want to stay in the UK though and haven't changed their minds since they voted to stay in 2014. Not surprising really, given the recent corruption scandal in the EU. Are you implying that corruption is OK as long as the economic impact is not significant? I'm not sure you'd apply the same attitude if it was, oh I don't know, Donald Trump with the suitcases of cash under his bed. Yet you are fine to downplay it when it is an EU Vice President. Hypocritical much? In any case, it's impossible to know the economic significance until we know the full extent of the sordid story so it's a bit of a ridiculous question to ask at this stage.

Not much chance of that ????. Talking of ridiculous notions of rejoining though, this corruption scandal has been more than a bit of a blow for the dreamers who think an Independent Scotland will join the corrupt EU. Double whammy for Sturgeon, I hope she's OK! https://news.sky.com/story/majority-of-scots-would-vote-against-independence-new-poll-suggests-12791201 https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23269298.scottish-government-backed-group-faces-eu-ban-corruption-scandal/

Certainly does. Looks like a nice operation.

It got a massive pass. Fluffy edges and excuses all round. For example... I wonder if he'd have been so accepting, forgiving and nostalgic about misogyny, sexual inequality, opposition to immigration, elitism and xenophobia in the West? Somehow, I doubt it...

Not sure what any of that has to do with my post about the EU. ???? But since you ask, 17 years here, 15 of them working for a multi-national in BKK. You?

You on left wing guard duty much? ???? Yes it was the BBC. Which is why, if you read the article, you'd see it was all dressed up in a veneer of "Oh isn't it all so quaint and charming". Somehow, I doubt the BBC would be doing the same for UK/US based misogyny, xenophobia, elitism etc. Actually, if it came from a Labour MP maybe they would...

Classic EU. It's always take, take, take. What yours is mine, what's mine is my own. You cut, I choose etc. etc. Never show any good will or reciprocity even when they claim that is it's policy. Projecting an image of virtue while (at least) one of their vice presidents does shady deals involving suitcases of cash. Don't hold your breath for any benevolence from the EU, Thailand...

Terribly sad. I can't imagine how the parents must feel. ???? My niece was also bullied relentlessly at school (mainly via phone apps) but fortunately she wrote a letter to my sister and brother in law telling them what was happening before she attempted anything like this. They moved her to different school where she did very well but now aged 21 she still has a few issues stemming from that period.

People often bemoan our home countries for poor attitudes towards foreigners, tough immigration laws, feelings of racial superiority, fear of outsiders, gender inequality, poor working conditions, evil elites etc. However, most of them cannot hold a candle to Japan in this regard. Obviously Japan gets a free pass for all of this, because "it's their culture" (which is basically a euphemism for "they're not white so don't you dare criticize them"). https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63830490 The entitled elites have screwed the working man to the point they can't afford/don't want a family and simultaneously they don't want the evil foreigner coming in. Well, they've made their bed, so they're going to have to deal with the issues of an ageing population and falling birth rates.

A bit unlucky against Arsenal. Still, with their squad top 4 isn't bad. They might even get 3rd if Spurs, Chelsea and Liverpool continue to shoot themselves in the foot.

Let's hope he's not another ultra authoritarian powermonger masquerading as a #bekind "liberal" like Ardern (or Trudeau for that matter). The last few years under this woman are a dark period in Antipodean history that all New Zealanders need to learn from. Let's hope Canada gets some good news soon as well.

If this course involves racist, divisive topics such as Critical Race Theory then I think it needs to be seriously looked at. Teaching racist theory is not OK just because Caucasians are the subject of the racism. If ever there was a case for banning hate speech, CRT would be number 1 on the list. Sooner or later, America needs to move away from the retribution driven race baiting from the left. Especially marxist, racist, corrupt organizations like BLM that sow even more division in an already deeply divided country.

Of course.