Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz
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um, yeah, ok, wait, hold up...what...how...as if? nah, fake news, surely?
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I've seen this in Asia and non Christian/Anglo Saxon cultures.
It's very disturbing the first few times, but then you see people (women too) that you know and trust doing it and then you wonder about our Victorian era puritan influences vs " just another part of the body"
To clarify, the times I've seen it was more like when we poke a toddler in the belly with a "gotcha" or "gootchyy goo" type of gesture.
Of course the difference is which body part. My experience tells me that other cultures don't revere and taboo genitalia as stringently as the west.
A cultural difference rather than a sexual predator, For better or worse
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Brave
brave
/breɪv/
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adjective
adjective: brave; comparative adjective: braver; superlative adjective: bravest
1.
ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage.
"a brave soldier"
synonyms: courageous, plucky, fearless, valiant, valorous, intrepid, heroic, lionhearted, manful, macho, bold, daring, daredevil, adventurous, audacious, death-or-glory; More
antonyms: cowardly, fearful
LITERARY
fine or splendid in appearance.
"his medals made a brave show"
nounDATED
noun: brave; plural noun: braves
1.
a North American Indian warrior.
verb
verb: brave; 3rd person present: braves; past tense: braved; past participle: braved; gerund or present participle: braving
1.
endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behaviour) without showing fear.
"these six men braved the rough seas"
synonyms: endure, put up with, bear, withstand, weather, suffer, sustain, go through; More
antonyms: get cold feet
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@Siam said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I've seen this in Asia and non Christian/Anglo Saxon cultures.
It's very disturbing the first few times, but then you see people (women too) that you know and trust doing it and then you wonder about our Victorian era puritan influences vs " just another part of the body"
To clarify, the times I've seen it was more like when we poke a toddler in the belly with a "gotcha" or "gootchyy goo" type of gesture.
Of course the difference is which body part. My experience tells me that other cultures don't revere and taboo genitalia as stringently as the west.
A cultural difference rather than a sexual predator, For better or worse
I'm sure we'll see the day some pedo escapes conviction by claiming he's 1/16th Chinese.
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If you’re a nutter it seems pretty obvious that you can effectively get away with murder if you commit your crime behind the wheel of a car . This is disturbing and yet he got only 30 months and will likely be out in 20 .
https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/cases/r-v-milne/@@images/fileDecision?r=810.675585873
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@Siam said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
I've seen this in Asia and non Christian/Anglo Saxon cultures.
It's very disturbing the first few times, but then you see people (women too) that you know and trust doing it and then you wonder about our Victorian era puritan influences vs " just another part of the body"
To clarify, the times I've seen it was more like when we poke a toddler in the belly with a "gotcha" or "gootchyy goo" type of gesture.
Of course the difference is which body part. My experience tells me that other cultures don't revere and taboo genitalia as stringently as the west.
A cultural difference rather than a sexual predator, For better or worse
Good luck using the culture defence in non-Western countries.
But, shit if this guy can get away with grabbing a kid's privates, Foolnow's case is a lock.
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@jegga That's absolutely astonishing!
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@Catogrande said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga That's absolutely astonishing!
Bizarre isn't it? If you were to chase a family down on the street and racially abuse them before attacking them I'm sure you'd be behind bars for a long time . Kill or maim someone in a car and its somehow minimised. I'm sure once he gets out he'll continue to be an utter feral and hurt someone else.
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Continuing in the same theme
This a new thing?
Judge Neave began the sentencing by saying, "I don't know what to do, to be honest." A cultural report showed Geros had come from an unfortunate background and had needed to "deal with more things than most people could even contemplate".
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@Rembrandt That is sad and all, but the guy is a serious repeat offender. He needs to be brought to account for his actions
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@canefan A serious violent offender. That article pissed me off so bad. I think mainly because it felt like the outcome wasn't victim-focused at all. She almost seemed incidental to everything. Never mind that she's been traumatised by that sack of shit, as long as we make it nice for the offender.
Everyone has choices. Like not bashing senior citizens half to death. Or stealing shit from ambulances. Or attempting to kidnap women at knifepoint.
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@booboo as someone in his position, surely he has the power to ensure that doesnt happen and make an example of someone and potentially alter the way society acts (and perceives our justice system as soft) hardly a deterrent to the other scumbags out there.
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Looking at him his surname I’m reminded of the “ bummer of a birthmark” far side cartoon
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/07/us-government-to-announce-if-hamza-bin-laden-dead.html
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Repeat offenders for violent crime should have the damn book thrown at them..and then doubled if you have a face tatt.
Is there an argument for maybe commandeering one of our offshore islands as maybe a bit of a 'mini-Australia' and give cretins like this an option 10 years prison or banishment to 'The Island'
Have been listening to a bit on the price of crime and how the cost of keeping a repeat offender out of prison from a financial perspective is significantly more than it is by locking them up. Longer sentence needed and thrown on the discard pile in prison for my mind.
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Brave
brave
/breɪv/
Learn to pronounce
adjective
adjective: brave; comparative adjective: braver; superlative adjective: bravest
1.
ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage.
"a brave soldier"
synonyms: courageous, plucky, fearless, valiant, valorous, intrepid, heroic, lionhearted, manful, macho, bold, daring, daredevil, adventurous, audacious, death-or-glory; More
antonyms: cowardly, fearful
LITERARY
fine or splendid in appearance.
"his medals made a brave show"
nounDATED
noun: brave; plural noun: braves
1.
a North American Indian warrior.
verb
verb: brave; 3rd person present: braves; past tense: braved; past participle: braved; gerund or present participle: braving
1.
endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behaviour) without showing fear.
"these six men braved the rough seas"
synonyms: endure, put up with, bear, withstand, weather, suffer, sustain, go through; More
antonyms: get cold feet
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/houses/114365095/this-pink-front-door-is-just-one-of-the-brave-choices-this-homeowner-madeyes a "plucky" choice of colour
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Whaleoil is shut down , this replaces it
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@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Whaleoil is shut down , this replaces it
Accusing you of being thebfd won’t have the same ring to it. 😉
THE GOOD OIL
