This post was originally published back in Easter 2011. In light of coverage in the NZ media yesterday it seemed appropriate to republish it again today. Last weekend’s obligatory headlines about the tiny minority of retailers who broke New Zealand’s Easter trading laws to open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday were all so sadly predictable really. The Oderings chain of garden shops even shamelessly did their best to try and spin their desire for more retail cash into some sort of act of public charity – as they would say on The Jerry Springer Show ‘oh please girlfriend’, we all know that violating NZ’s...
How gay marriage has...
posted by Brendan Malone
So, Louisa Wall’s gay marriage bill has been railroaded through it’s second vote in parliament this evening. I’m sure the pro-gay marriage activists out there will be patting themselves on the back right now, possibly even popping champagne corks in jubilation. But before...
Is NZ’s geneti...
posted by Brendan Malone
Controversy has erupted over a paper published by two NZ bioethicists which suggests that genetic screening for Down syndrome is not eugenics, and that newer and more efficient testing should be introduced so that this “would allow women more time for decision-making, and the option of...
Note to pro-euthanas...
posted by Brendan Malone
One thing that never ceases to amaze me in regard to the euthanasia issue is the way in which the media constantly and unquestioningly endorses the pro-euthanasia invention that is ‘the right to die’. To start with, the term ‘right to die’ is a totally false...
The unpardonable sin...
posted by Brendan Malone
Isn’t it amazing how the old adage that ‘twenty four hours is a long time in politics’ is proven to be true time and time again in this country. The latest victim of this truism was ACT Party Leader John Banks, whose bouts of amnesia about campaign donations and helicopter...
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