tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11340801.post3612687403143559182..comments2023-10-06T16:45:25.381+13:00Comments on "Elephants and the Law" by Dean Knight: "Pledgegate 08": a reply to Matthew HootonDean Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03069298298745322597noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11340801.post-21587044764160249982008-10-22T08:51:00.000+13:002008-10-22T08:51:00.000+13:00Dean - I think your responses and MH's reply only ...Dean - I think your responses and MH's reply only serve to reinforce that this election and much of the puiblic education of NZers is no longer about legal or "right" per se. Such is the work of spin, and selection by the MSM that everything is how it looks. And "how it looks" is often determined by well-paid PR staff rather than 'experts".<BR/><BR/>I see the same moral outrage leading this as led the so-called "anti-smacking" debate ( a word I loosely attribute to that process)<BR/><BR/>It no longer matters what the "truth" is but what people believe it to be. That MH sees that as some kind of victory or vindication of National is somewhat unsettling but not surprising.<BR/><BR/>This is the same man who sat back and watched, or worse the EB running roughshod over Democracy three eyars ago and now seeks to lead the morally affronted. Sadly, he has many followers. Was the media outbreak prompted from his prodding, or is it the chicken and egg argument?<BR/><BR/>I certainly appreciate your contribution to the "debate"<BR/><BR/>TraceyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com