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- Whose tree is it? by Homepaddock on Nov 15, 2009
The ODT reports that Dunedin property owners are waiting anxiously for the decision on an application to fell a tree. It’s a 27m Sequoiadendron giganteum which could grow to 90m. It’s a 1,000 acre tree on a 1/4 acre section which is causi...
- The Drowing Tide of Bureaucratic Administration by Contra Celsum on Nov 6, 2009
Creeping TotalitarianismThe previous decade, which saw a continuing Labour government in New Zealand, also witnessed an explosion of bureaucratic management of society. The two are connected. When Helen Clark first became Prime Minister she reveale...
- The Drowning Tide of Bureaucratic Administration by Contra Celsum on Nov 6, 2009
Creeping TotalitarianismThe previous decade, which saw a continuing Labour government in New Zealand, also witnessed an explosion of bureaucratic management of society. The two are connected. When Helen Clark first became Prime Minister she reveale...
- Too much safety creates victims by Homepaddock on Nov 5, 2009
A lollipop man in Scotland had his lollipop stick confiscated because it was covered in illegal stickers and was a safety issue. The 69-year-old who is working his notice after being ordered to stop giving children sweets and ‘high-fives’...
- Size Does Matter--For a Time by Contra Celsum on Oct 2, 2009
Why We Continue to Survive SocialismIn New Zealand we live in one of the most regulated and controlled nations on earth. Soft despotism is more advanced here than just about anywhere. The "revolution" of the Douglas years is now a distant memory.
- Prevention is Much Worse than Cure, Part II by Contra Celsum on Sep 29, 2009
Preventative Justice a Cloak for LeviathanWestern democracies find themselves in the vice-like grip of a soft despotism. None are exempt. The very nations which once rejected absolutist governments of all kinds are now busy re-imposing a new absolu...
- Prevention is Much Worse Than The Cure, Part I by Contra Celsum on Sep 28, 2009
The Despotism of PreventionPrevention is better than cure, says the proverb. We intuitively understand that with respect to health and well-being this proverb speaks the truth. Better not to get sick at all rather than go through the affliction of...
