Whakaari/White Island was a tragedy, absolutely, but it’s not ALL the fault of the various companies & agencies involved. I mean, what in ‘let’s go visit an active volcano’ DOESN’T sound dangerous?
Oh, so this is revenge because most of us think you’re a twat? ‘Aucklanders may be experiencing the largest jump in rates since the supercity formed in 2010, but Auckland Council and mayor Wayne Brown say this is what city dwellers wanted.’
‘I see,’ says God. You would like me to get you another horse and another cow.’
‘No,’ says the old man. ‘I would like you to take from him one horse and one cow.’
Russian proverb: An old man toiled day in, day out, with all his wealth one horse and one cow. Life was hard, relentless.
One day God took pity on him, and appeared before him to grant one wish.
@TheAtlantic@BrandonTensley Largely agree with your assessment in The Atlantic. Shallow characters, but beautiful. But to me the most troubling variation in the latest version was the ending – within touch of war’s end and a new life, the hero is literally killed by a ‘stab in the back’. Very Hitlerian.
Brian Tamaki, that great Sage of the People, reckons people watching porn caused the flooding on the East Coast. On the good side, farmers now know what to do next time there’s a drought.
A NZ friend of mine who lives in Australia: ‘For Christmas, I got a diagnosis of mild prostate cancer. But I also got an excellent book about Colin McMahon.’