Archive for June, 2011
Ian Wishart’s Live Chat
The Herald did a live chat with Ian Wishart this afternoon. The results are well worth a read. Comment From Claude Why write this book when nobody has been charged? 4:06 Ian Wishart: Good question, because many on Facebook have said this. Point of fact, Chris Kahui was charged with double murder. He was charged. [...]
Training is one thing, experience is another
This quote has been bandied around over the last day or so: Dr Kelly said more manpower and more training may be the only way to stop babies like Chris and Cru Kahui from dying violently. “It is one of the reasons why I think our inter-agency management of these cases is often so poor,” [...]
Translation is fraught with dingers
Did you know that the Mandarin for “food” and “crap” are very similar? All I’m saying is, be careful when you go to China!
Blaming the Victim
One of the sillier aspects of the already extremely silly “slut walks” was the oft-repeated claim that only in the case of rape were the actions of the victim blamed for causing the crime. The claim that such statements are only made with regard to rape are a case of truth being selected to fit [...]
