The Bradford 'demons'

La Bradford would now have us believe that at least half the NZ electorate are raving sadists raging to bash their children. Well, MS Bradford has expressed extremist views before, and, for all we know she may still be a “Das Kapital”-bashing Marxist fundamentalist.

One cannot help but reflect that her obsession with “violence” (and by the way, notice how she pronounces the word ‘violence’ with her mouth almost contorted to make the sound thick and coarse…) could be an externalisation of some personal demons lurking in the dark, dank depths of her soul… That’s if she accept that she may have one, of course.

Obey the referendum: return Section 59 to what it was before the Bradford folly!

To all of you in your 'parliament':

The People of New Zealand have spoken. Now is the time for all of you to show us that you have the grace and humility to accept that you were wrong. To quote the phrase: “What part of the word 'No' do you not understand?”

Every opinion poll showed 80% of us opposed the change. Yet you stupidly went ahead and ignored us. Opinion polls typically sample 1000 to 1500 people, with a margin of error of 3% to 4% . Over 1.6 million New Zealanders voted in the referendum. That is a figure that is 1000 times more representative than mere opinion polls.

You, Ms Bradford, have the insolence to dismiss the 54% participation as unrepresentative. Let's see, you and your 119 comrade mps are 0.007% of that 54%. Who is kidding whom in terms of representativity? You then try to claim that the 46% of the electorate who did not take part chose not to do so because, in your opinion, they were “confused” by a “flawed” question. Pull the other one! The question was clear cut, and the whole debate was simply about whether your proposed new 'law' should stand or be rejected. But of course, comrade Key did his bit to deliberately discourage participation by saying in advance that he comrade Key would simply dis-regard the result because under the rules set up by your 'parliament' referendums are non-binding.

Well, I've got news for you: your new 'law' is now null and void. It is non-law, it is anti-law, it is merely an expression of your contempt for the people of New Zealand. The advice from the people to the police could not be clearer: do not attempt to enforce what the people have clearly and firmly rejected. The People are the law.

A referendum is true, real democracy in action. By dismissing it and disobeying the command of the people you are courting disaster, because, in effect, you will be rebelling against us.

Sincerely,

Dominic Baron.

Our very own petty "Putin" of the South Pacific.

Hello to my Blog. I haven't written to you since last November because I've spent a lot of energy writing on Steve Baron's Blog: Better Democracy. So it's time I came back here, and what I want to say is just how depressed I am by the attitude of Mr John Key, our 'prime' 'minister' refusing, in advance, to obey the instruction of the referendum now under way by postal ballot.

John Key has the insolent effrontery to say that "he" will "change the law" only if he sees fit. To me it is just unbelievable that this little man can utter such crass stupidity. To put it as bluntly as I can: Who does he think he is??!! The People make the law. The People *are* the law, not one paltry politician, nor even a paltry "parliament" of politicians. Only the people can make and unmake laws. Only the people are sovereign. No single person or group of people can usurp the sovereignty of the people.

When John Key says that he will ignore the referendum result and only "change the law" on his own whim, he joins that lovely bunch of creeps such as the vain and corrupt Berlusconi, the gross bully Chavez, and thst serious thug Putin.

When John Key utters his mealy-mouthed platitudes about "restoring democracy" to Fiji, he is so deeply steeped in the soup of his own hypocrisy that he doesn't realize just how undemocratic and fascist his own political outlook is. Sadly the antiquated political system imposed upon us by force of arms so long ago lets him get away with his diktats... just like his predecessors...