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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Don Brash, John Key and Mary Poppins
It’s Mary Poppins time boys and girls – Dr Brash is your medicine and Mr Key your spoonful of sugar. Do you want to take your medicine? No? Well, what’s to be done with you? There not quite as … Continue reading
ANZAC Day and Nationalism
I’ve never been to an ANZAC Day dawn service. I’ve often tried to work out why. I think I now know.
Posted in Fascism, Freedom, Military, National Identity, New Zealand Politics
Tagged army, fascism, Freedom, ideology, New Zealand Identity
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Who’s afraid of (the charge of) ‘elitism’?
Is it elitist to advocate government funding of TVNZ 7 and, by extension, Concert FM, National Radio, the NZSO and the Royal New Zealand Ballet? I don’t think so. Michelle Boag, in her appearance on Jim Mora’s ‘The Panel’ on … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, National Identity, New Zealand Politics
Tagged human nature, ideology, New Zealand Identity, self-interest
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Earthquake Reflections and Connections
We care most about things that happen to us and affect our interests directly. Try as we might, it’s harder to care about things that happen to others, at a distance, and which have little impact on our interests (which, … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, New Zealand Politics, Philosophy
Tagged Christchurch, community, disaster, human nature, markets, self-interest, unity
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