My column this week on who gets to make the calls on gun ownership.
Chester Borrows: Pistols at dawn over gun control debate, via @nzherald https://t.co/q7Axaumppo
Some of us eek our compassion out like we are saving it up for someone really deserving? Others don't see that some offending is a foreseeable corollary of their victimization?
My column from last week.
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A fully armed police presence at every public event? ".. not who we are" either. A decision to arm every officer must be based on risk not fear. Though I support changes - they are not the whole answer.
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Who pays the price of dumb decisions made by those who live outside the social norms?
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A fully armed police presence at every public event? ".. not who we are" either. A decision to arm every officer must be based on risk not fear. Though I support changes - they are not the whole answer.
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My column this week reviews the words if our National Anthem in terms of the Christchurch attack. Neither specifically Christian or any other religion our anthem in a prayer to a genderless God.
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Another perspective on the radical need for change was presented at the Victims Workshop in Wellington this week.
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Column for this week: I discuss parole which incentivizes rehabilitation and keeps tabs on a released prisoner, rather than a release with no monitoring. It is a complex business.
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My column this week reckons Waitangi Celebrations should not all be about puff, fluff and giggle, but is the perfect venue for gnarly and niggly too. No point in pretending we are what we ain't.
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My challenge to NZ is to see the people behind their predicament whether victim or offender or both. We have to do justice better in this country.
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An excellent article that demands answers from the Opposition that are deeper than rhetoric and more urgent than winning the next election.
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My column for this week wonders if what we get served as NEWS is the genuine article.
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My column for this week reflecting on the ability to change our mind given new information and the opportunity to digest it.
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My column for this week regarding the controversial float in the A & P Show Parade which hit the headlines last Saturday.
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