In the last 24 hours I have been following the debate over the father convicted for assaulting his son. Predictably I have heard differing views from many people whose sense I respect. On the one hand I have heard that he was only prosecuted for delivering three smacks. On the other I have heard that […]
Entries Tagged as 'Public Policy'
When Trust is Destroyed
November 23rd, 2007 4 Comments
Tags: Bad Policy · Child Abuse · Due Process · s59 · Smacking
Why Blaming the Ref is Not Welfarism
October 9th, 2007 1 Comment
I am not a sports commentator, and would not consider myself any expert on the question. Like many New Zealanders I love rugby, I played it as a child and at high school. Recently I played a game at the College I teach at and remember the thrill of breaking three tackles and later scoring […]
Fruit not Drugs?
August 22nd, 2007 5 Comments
Today I returned from a trip to Sydney. As I exited customs and headed for my taxi I kept feeling like I had missed something, some step in security – maybe I had taken a wrong turn? You see when I flew to Australia I had to fill in a card answering a number of […]
Tags: Airport Security
Violence is NOT a Disease.
August 7th, 2007 Comments Off on Violence is NOT a Disease.
I am so sick of listening to everyone’s two cents of the causes of violence in our families, in our communities, sick of it because they are complicating the simple and putting band aids on broken legs. Responsibility for ones actions – that is what is missing in this ‘whats the cause of violence’ blather. […]
Tags: Domestic Violence · Personal Responsibility · Public Policy
Kiwisaver or why I am not a centrist
July 9th, 2007 1 Comment
A little while ago a friend and I were discussing New Zealand politics with an American associate. My friend spoke of how he was an economic centrist and I informed him I was not. The topic got to kiwisaver, a policy with which he agreed. I thought his comments were interesting. Basically he cited anecdotal […]
Poisoning peoples minds
July 3rd, 2007 Comments Off on Poisoning peoples minds
I hate the new anti smoking ads. I am not a smoker, I do not advise that anyone smoke nor do I approve of smoking. As I see it we have a duty to respect not only other people but ourselves, as beings made in the image of God. For this reason we should look […]
Tags: Advertising · Bad Reasoning · Smoking
More Stupid Policies that Penalise Drivers
December 30th, 2006 1 Comment
The government is planning on introducing a new tax on drivers, a tax on distance travelled. Similar to the road user charges already inflicted on diesel drivers. This is apparently to help reduce the junk science concept of ‘global warming’ – please! Of course National now buys all that crap about “global warming science” thanks […]
Tags: Bad Policy
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
