Oikophobia

Today I learned a new word: oikophobia. Xenophobia is fear of the alien; oikophobia is fear of the familiar: “the disposition, in any conflict, to side with ‘them’ against ‘us’, and the felt need to denigrate the customs, culture and institutions that are identifiably ‘ours.’ ” British philosopher Roger Scruton Here’s a good example I saw…

New Evidence Suggests that Someone Wrote “Jesus” and “Wife” on the same bit of papyrus in the 4th century

Glenn’s got this one covered. I’ll pull out a few quotes. In a statement released by Harvard University, Professor Karen King says “Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married, even though no reliable historical evidence exists to support that claim,” This appears to be a strange reversal of duty. If anyone wishes…

The Victorian Values promoted by such hetrosexual bigots as Chris Carter

Silly, silly man. Labour MP David Clark, a Presbyterian minister, said there was an absence of advice for gay marriage in the Christian scriptures, particularly in Jesus’ words. “I suspect he would say that marriage is frequently paraded in the media by those who claim a Christian viewpoint as really a thinly veiled defence of…

“New Zealand’s own Rosa Parks” – excuse me while I go vomit

The arrogance is jaw dropping. The group was met by MPs from Labour, National, Greens, Maori and Mana after marching from Civic Square. The bill’s sponsor Labour MP Louisa Wall was introduced as “New Zealand’s own Rosa Parks”. She told the crowd that the discrimination in New Zealand’s marriage laws needed to be amended. She also asked…

Racism is (now) showing someone who has a race

When people talk about PC thinking destroying the world, they’re talking about things like this. In an unusual move, Bank of Canada Governor has Mark Carney apologised for bank note changes that prompted critics to accuse the central bank of racism. The initial design for the new C$100 note featured a picture of an Asian…

The Standard bans Peter George

Peter George is a regular at both Kiwiblog and The Standard. He’s pretty middle of the road and usually has something very sensible to say. His last comment on The Standard was no exception. micky, you may not have noticed but the overwhelming majority of flame wars are one sided attempts, and often with only…

Sperling Quote of the Day

Because all of her psychotic, nasty, and vitriolic spew had been anonymous – i had no proof that it was her that has been stalking and harassing me. I knew it was her – but i had no proof… Quite how people can read admissions like that and still think that Sperling has a shred…

Conspiracy or Incompetence

I once had a flatmate, and we’d talk politics all the time. One thing he always said was, “never attribute to a conspiracy what can be attributed to incompetence”. Jackie Sperling is trying to make it out that she’s being stalked*. …I have ignored her constant attempts at intimidating me by letting me know that…

Jackie Sperling Endorses this Blog!

I think Jackie posting this counts as a blank cheque, don’t you? I suppose now that I’ve pointed it out she’ll take down or edit the post or something. ———— This post is about Jacqueline (Jackie) Sperling, and is part of an ongoing series discussing her ongoing campaign of harassment and lies against lawyer Madeleine Flannagan and Ms Brown (her original target for…

Madeleine Flannagan, Lawyer, again defamed by crazy (ex) drug addict bent on campaign of harassment

Jacqueline Sperling has a special place in her heart for a lawyer named Madeleine Flannagan. As I’ve noted previously, she’s blogged obsessively about the dispute she created with her, and has produced as part of that obsession a screed of lies and harassment that is pretty hard to brush under the carpet. This is a woman obsessed to…