tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341921202024-03-07T22:19:55.136+13:00the Section59 bloga light smack is not child abuseAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.comBlogger460125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-52549942531153582122009-12-09T14:04:00.000+13:002009-12-09T14:05:44.581+13:00It's ok to smack - PMThe Prime Minister John Key announced to the country yesterday that it is now ok to smack.Let me quote his words from the NZ Herald. "Lightly smacking a child will be in the course of parenting for some parents and I think that's acceptable. It is up to individual parents to decide how they're going to parent their children ... Some people will continue to lightly smack their child for correctionSimeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127383079542250949noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-67281905274115261592009-12-05T00:04:00.000+13:002009-12-05T00:04:26.399+13:00NoticeThe last post beginning, "I am so sorry I didn't inform you about my trip to the UK for a program..." appeared on the blog through a glitch in the system and has now been deleted. Apologies for any inconvenience.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-1954441092176281792009-10-23T10:15:00.000+13:002009-10-23T10:15:29.612+13:00Vote With Your Feet: 21 NovAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-38476781488145962132009-10-12T11:06:00.013+13:002009-10-17T11:09:19.690+13:00Dargaville Meeting on the Anti-Smacking ReferendumPeter in Dargaville was so incensed at the governments response to the last referendum that he organised his own community meeting. He invited John Boscawen, Larry Baldock and Bob McCoskrie to speak, as well as John Carter, his local MP.After the meeting Peter wrote to John Carter belowDear JohnWe had a very well attended meeting of 62 people at Dargaville last night and it is a shame that you Chuck Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-91652530713796475672009-10-02T12:55:00.000+13:002009-10-02T12:55:11.126+13:00Leaked Referendum Night Speech - John Keya reader sent in the following leaked speech from National Party headquarters...
I can't tell you how good it is to be here.
Ladies and gentlemen – today New Zealand has spoken. In their hundreds of thousands across the country they have voted for change.
And I can tell you there will be a Change of the Anti-Smacking law!
So let me start by thanking every New Zealander who has cast their Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-1453951912083944212009-09-06T08:22:00.014+12:002009-09-28T15:14:33.098+13:00Boscawen Challenges Local MPs To Front John Boscawen MP, ACT New ZealandDID YOU VOTE “NO” IN THE ANTI - SMACKING REFERENDUM?Do you think National and Labour should listen to you?ACT MP John Boscawen has a Private Member’s Bill to amend the law so that it is clear that a light smack as part of good parental correction is no longer a criminal offence.National and Labour have said they currently Chuck Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-43287674702972306452009-09-05T11:23:00.001+12:002009-09-05T11:24:22.597+12:00Key Knows it's Bad LawAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-48693379910368101102009-09-04T15:42:00.002+12:002009-09-04T16:39:43.439+12:00Section 59 is a complete and utter dog’s breakfastThe Prime Minister has acknowledged that the current Section 59 is a complete and utter dog’s breakfast. He did so in an interview with Michael Laws on RadioLive at about 11:40 am on Friday, 4 September.Mr Key might be good on financial matters but he has little idea how the law should work in a democracy. He will not be Prime Minister forever. Another government might tell the police to Chuck Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-54076659789722147612009-09-01T07:51:00.003+12:002009-09-01T07:54:39.657+12:00Yes We Can't!I got sent this poem the other day which succinctly sums up S59 and the governments latest window dressing! Yes We Can't We have a law which says you can'tBut we say why can't we As parents do what we know best In our democracy. To smack a child is not assault When c'rection he demands. It's for his good we lay the hand; A better law commands. But Nanny says you Simeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127383079542250949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-86968550502656379082009-08-21T23:44:00.000+12:002009-08-22T00:07:49.468+12:0087.6% Vote NOcross-posted from Star Studded Super StepShould a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand? New Zealand says NO. While an average of polls taken since 2005 indicate a 82.9% level of opposition to the law, tonight's preliminary response blows those polls out of the water. It's official, 87.6% of Kiwis believe that there is a difference between a smack and Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-88889800839810576702009-08-21T11:56:00.006+12:002009-08-21T13:04:58.741+12:00Who is murdering the children?The initial excuse for Bradford, Clark and Key’s anti-smacking legislation was the number of children killed or seriously abused. It has now been acknowledged that this law will not reduce the number of children killed or seriously abused. One would hope that the Ministry of Social Development would do some genuine research into the real causes of child abuse. I do not think it would be too Chuck Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-53398009698454119282009-08-18T18:48:00.000+12:002009-08-18T18:48:50.370+12:00Wife Starving Law: If it Doesn't Work We Will Change Itcross-posted from Scrubone's blog.
This just in:
An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law.
The original bill caused outrage earlier this year, forcing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to withdraw it.
But critics say the amended version of the law remains highly repressive.
They accuse Mr Karzai of Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-74410807077645224682009-08-05T21:35:00.001+12:002009-08-05T21:38:38.625+12:00Great Comments from the Vote No site
Steve Meikle (Christchurch)
The thinking behind Sue Bradford's bil is sloppy, lazy and utterly self righteous. She cant distinguish between smacking a child and beating it to death? It is liberalism gone haywire, which is a shame for I loathe the Right with passion, yet on this Bradford's madness has forced me to agree with them. Something I hate being put in a position of having to do... I Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-4023253274536467912009-08-01T12:57:00.001+12:002009-08-01T13:00:45.242+12:00Painfully SimpleGotta love the Vote No campaign's latest full page advert that went out in major daily newspapers just recently...Check out their excellent website: www.voteno.org.nz. Leaves the yes vote blog thing for DEAD.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-34770908168347990152009-07-22T02:16:00.001+12:002009-07-22T02:19:30.191+12:00Obama Has Got it Right...Why can't John Key get the idea?Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-22034489169976800142009-07-17T19:56:00.005+12:002009-07-17T20:04:10.750+12:00Invite to Bob McCoskrie’s talk on the coming referendumChuck Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-62979537150312085882009-07-04T21:56:00.010+12:002009-07-06T15:23:20.448+12:00Why the Referendum Answer is NoFor those who want to give John Key the message that you know how to parent your children better than he does Bob McCoskrie, National Director, Family First will be guest speaker at Rodney Hide’s Constituent Forum.The details are below.Rodney Hide Invites You To His Constituent ForumTheme: The “anti smacking referendum”Friday 24 July, 5.30pmMecca Café , Cnr Remuera Road and Nuffield Street, Chuck Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-16490554252904578962009-06-22T14:33:00.001+12:002009-06-22T14:34:43.931+12:00VOTE NO !!New Zealand will have its say in an upcoming referendum on the 'Anti-smacking' law.The question that will be asked is "should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?"I ask you to vote NO for 2 reasons.1, Good parents needs protecting. The law passed by Sue Bradford wasn't about stopping child abuse, it was about getting rid of parental authority in the Simeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127383079542250949noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-85481556003574951052009-06-14T17:11:00.002+12:002009-06-14T17:37:29.369+12:00Genuine Abuse IgnoredHere is yet another case of CYF and the police failing to take action when a child is seriously abused.Teacher's pleas for abused child ignored 4:00AM Sunday Jun 14, 2009By Rachel Grunwell Social Development Minister Paula Bennett wants answers after social workers took four months to remove a wheelchair-bound boy from his home following allegations he was was being beaten, burned with cigarettesChuck Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-26967923257402999942009-06-04T15:24:00.000+12:002009-06-04T15:24:38.442+12:00Skewed View of Parenting from Yes Vote CampaignThe Yes Vote campaign has some advice for parents on their little blog...
Parenting tip: Nip anger in the bud... take steps to control your own rage.
rage: noun. Violent, explosive anger; A fit of anger.
Heck, how many parents do you know who rage with anger against their children? Whether they act on that rage is beside the point: what would cause parents to be filled with rage against their Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-6364109304462322562009-06-04T12:19:00.000+12:002009-06-04T12:19:29.640+12:00Vote No Blog LaunchedThe Vote No blog has been launched...
A must-read if you want to stay up to date with news on the referendum.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656956423924982169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-2650923471582225352009-05-20T11:44:00.004+12:002009-05-21T11:21:36.644+12:00John Boscawen's Private Member's BillThe following bill would add some clarity for parents. The poorly reported case of Jimmy Mason who was convicted for assault on a child does nothing to clarify matters. We do not know whether he was convicted for flicking his son’s ear which is technically assault or punching his son in the face.Crimes (Reasonable Parental Control and Correction) Amendment BillMember’s BillExplanatory noteThe Chuck Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-15999511257743240482009-05-04T10:54:00.001+12:002009-05-04T11:15:57.775+12:00ACT - Mt Albert by electionACT is the only party in Parliament which opposes the anti parental correction legislation. Before the last election I knew ACT opposed this legislation. However, I was unsure what priority ACT would give to amending this anti family law. A short while ago John Boscawen made it clear ACT was serious about restoring parental rights with his private member’s bill.If like the majority of voters Chuck Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-30745989189541563482009-04-16T15:35:00.001+12:002009-04-16T15:39:27.462+12:00Sue Reid: Smacking laws were never about the real issue of child abuseThis in the NZ Herald today.It is a shame that we have a Families Commission that is driven by ideology rather than listening to families.Chief commissioner Jan Pryor espouses her beliefs that "positive parenting should never include a smack" (Herald, April 3).Her so-called justification for the anti-smacking laws are inflammatory and continue to vilify good parents who may use a smack as part ofSimeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127383079542250949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34192120.post-11131081180483824632009-04-15T08:25:00.001+12:002009-04-15T08:25:56.348+12:00The NZ ‘anti-correction law’ and the referendum – your ‘unemotional’ guide to Section 59’.Simeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127383079542250949noreply@blogger.com0