• Here are some excellent questions

    From Tony@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 26 20:32:26 2023
    XPost: nz.politics

    And a forthright and intelligent commentary. https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Tony on Tue Sep 26 16:57:24 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary. https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    Interesting that we don't see this sort of thing in the msm. Guess they're still happy to push the lefts agenda...

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Tony on Wed Sep 27 00:14:51 2023
    John Bowes <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.
    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    Interesting that we don't see this sort of thing in the msm. Guess they're >still happy to push the lefts agenda...
    The MSM in this country are nearly all left wing supporters and paid for being so.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Wed Sep 27 14:51:17 2023
    XPost: nz.politics

    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:32:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    And a forthright and intelligent commentary. >https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    What a stupid article - and a stupid description of it by one of our
    resident idiots. Covid was just the sort of emergency that we expect
    a government to quickly assess and if appropriate act quickly in the
    interests of New Zealanders.

    Covid presented itself as a serious threat to the health and life of
    New Zealanders. Our government moved quickly to assess available
    information, and acted when it was clear that action not only could,
    but should be taken. This was a war against a new virus which could
    kill, and was believed to be very infectious.

    Our government acted quickly and greatly restricted passage of people
    to New Zealand, but it was not possible to completely stop all
    shipping and flights - trade commitments had to be met, but
    precautions were taken where possible.

    We can compare deaths in New Zealand with a previous emergency. In
    1940, our population was around 1.6 million. During WW2, the official
    death count for new Zealand was 11,928 - a death rate of around 7,455
    per million population - with many more wounded to a greater or lesser
    extent.

    So far New Zealand deaths from Covid total around 638.15 per million,
    which is recognised as being one of the lowest rates of death in the
    world. For example, the equivalent rate of deaths from Covid for the
    United States is 3,331.91 per million population - with again in both
    countries many more suffering long term effects from an infection https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/new-zealand#daily-confirmed-deaths-how-do-they-compare-to-other-countries

    (The actual number of deaths for the USA is 1.13 million; for New
    Zealand 3,309) https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths?country=~NZL#what-is-the-cumulative-number-of-confirmed-deaths

    From those figures, if we had the same Covid results as the USA, as a proportion of our population, we would have had 17,277 deaths.

    It is fair to say that our relative isolation from the world, plus the
    positive emergency actions rightly taken by our government saved us in
    the region of 14,000 additional deaths that we would have experienced
    if we had the same rate of deaths as the USA.

    It is also easy to forget that the actions of our government were, in
    large part, supported by the opposition political parties. Sure they
    bitched and moaned - they had a list of Should Haves that they
    randomly picked on any issue - "moved more quickly", "waited longer",
    "done more", "done less", but they never seriously disagreed with the
    direction the government took. If there was any consistency, they
    wanted the government to accept higher risk to support profits. As it
    was, our businesses came through with fewer closures than in other
    countries, and many continued with good profits throughout;
    economically, New Zealand recovered more quickly than most other
    countries. Electorally, that good performance was recognised by
    increased vote to Labour at the following election.

    Do you really believe we should have taken actions that would have
    given us around 14,000 more deaths, Tony?

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 27 02:13:47 2023
    XPost: nz.politics

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:32:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    And a forthright and intelligent commentary. >>https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    What a stupid article - and a stupid description of it by one of our >resident idiots. Covid was just the sort of emergency that we expect
    a government to quickly assess and if appropriate act quickly in the >interests of New Zealanders.

    Covid presented itself as a serious threat to the health and life of
    New Zealanders. Our government moved quickly to assess available
    information, and acted when it was clear that action not only could,
    but should be taken. This was a war against a new virus which could
    kill, and was believed to be very infectious.

    Our government acted quickly and greatly restricted passage of people
    to New Zealand, but it was not possible to completely stop all
    shipping and flights - trade commitments had to be met, but
    precautions were taken where possible.

    We can compare deaths in New Zealand with a previous emergency. In
    1940, our population was around 1.6 million. During WW2, the official
    death count for new Zealand was 11,928 - a death rate of around 7,455
    per million population - with many more wounded to a greater or lesser >extent.

    So far New Zealand deaths from Covid total around 638.15 per million,
    which is recognised as being one of the lowest rates of death in the
    world. For example, the equivalent rate of deaths from Covid for the
    United States is 3,331.91 per million population - with again in both >countries many more suffering long term effects from an infection >https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/new-zealand#daily-confirmed-deaths-how-do-they-compare-to-other-countries

    (The actual number of deaths for the USA is 1.13 million; for New
    Zealand 3,309) >https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths?country=~NZL#what-is-the-cumulative-number-of-confirmed-deaths

    From those figures, if we had the same Covid results as the USA, as a >proportion of our population, we would have had 17,277 deaths.

    It is fair to say that our relative isolation from the world, plus the >positive emergency actions rightly taken by our government saved us in
    the region of 14,000 additional deaths that we would have experienced
    if we had the same rate of deaths as the USA.

    It is also easy to forget that the actions of our government were, in
    large part, supported by the opposition political parties. Sure they
    bitched and moaned - they had a list of Should Haves that they
    randomly picked on any issue - "moved more quickly", "waited longer",
    "done more", "done less", but they never seriously disagreed with the >direction the government took. If there was any consistency, they
    wanted the government to accept higher risk to support profits. As it
    was, our businesses came through with fewer closures than in other
    countries, and many continued with good profits throughout;
    economically, New Zealand recovered more quickly than most other
    countries. Electorally, that good performance was recognised by
    increased vote to Labour at the following election.

    Do you really believe we should have taken actions that would have
    given us around 14,000 more deaths, Tony?
    Go to a geriatrician or a psychologist and get yourself confirmed as sociopathic.
    Nothing you hve written above addresses the content.
    The article is not about Covid, it is about the sort of people that want to run the worlkkd.
    Start you own thread if you want a new topic.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Tony on Tue Sep 26 19:00:08 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 1:14:53 PM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    John Bowes <bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.
    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    Interesting that we don't see this sort of thing in the msm. Guess they're >still happy to push the lefts agenda...
    The MSM in this country are nearly all left wing supporters and paid for being
    so.
    You'll love this mate. Some truth for our good buddy Rich80105 :) https://thebfd.co.nz/2023/09/27/msm-are-out-of-step-with-society/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=msm-are-out-of-step-with-society
    Standing by for the ng idiot to get his tits in a tangle......

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to bowesjohn02@gmail.com on Wed Sep 27 18:23:36 2023
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:18:58 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 2:59:21?PM UTC+13, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:32:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.
    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/
    What a stupid article - and a stupid description of it by one of our
    resident idiots. Covid was just the sort of emergency that we expect
    a government to quickly assess and if appropriate act quickly in the
    interests of New Zealanders.

    Except they didn't! Ardern stuffed around for two fucking weeks before she decided after talking her overseas friends to follow Bloomfields advice! I was in lockdown before Ardern and Labour stopped nattering about it and reacted! I'm not alone in
    beating the government in lockdown either!
    So show the evidence, John . . .



    Covid presented itself as a serious threat to the health and life of
    New Zealanders. Our government moved quickly to assess available
    information, and acted when it was clear that action not only could,
    but should be taken. This was a war against a new virus which could
    kill, and was believed to be very infectious.

    Our government fucked around like the useless bastards they are!

    Our government acted quickly and greatly restricted passage of people
    to New Zealand, but it was not possible to completely stop all
    shipping and flights - trade commitments had to be met, but
    precautions were taken where possible.

    No matter how often you repeat the lie the government fucked around for two fucking weeks before starting the lockdown! In fact they even changed the lockdown rules on an almost daily basis! Don't deny it unless you have a cite to back up your lie!
    I note you have no cite to back up your lie.

    We can compare deaths in New Zealand with a previous emergency. In
    1940, our population was around 1.6 million. During WW2, the official
    death count for new Zealand was 11,928 - a death rate of around 7,455
    per million population - with many more wounded to a greater or lesser
    extent.

    You can't compare a war with a virus epidemic! Rather compare it with the flu epidemic in 1918!
    Not comparable - in those days even the doctors did not realise what
    they were dealing with.



    So far New Zealand deaths from Covid total around 638.15 per million,
    which is recognised as being one of the lowest rates of death in the
    world. For example, the equivalent rate of deaths from Covid for the
    United States is 3,331.91 per million population - with again in both
    countries many more suffering long term effects from an infection
    https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/new-zealand#daily-confirmed-deaths-how-do-they-compare-to-other-countries

    (The actual number of deaths for the USA is 1.13 million; for New
    Zealand 3,309)
    https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths?country=~NZL#what-is-the-cumulative-number-of-confirmed-deaths

    From those figures, if we had the same Covid results as the USA, as a
    proportion of our population, we would have had 17,277 deaths.

    It is fair to say that our relative isolation from the world, plus the
    positive emergency actions rightly taken by our government saved us in
    the region of 14,000 additional deaths that we would have experienced
    if we had the same rate of deaths as the USA.

    It is also easy to forget that the actions of our government were, in
    large part, supported by the opposition political parties. Sure they
    bitched and moaned - they had a list of Should Haves that they
    randomly picked on any issue - "moved more quickly", "waited longer",
    "done more", "done less", but they never seriously disagreed with the
    direction the government took. If there was any consistency, they
    wanted the government to accept higher risk to support profits. As it
    was, our businesses came through with fewer closures than in other
    countries, and many continued with good profits throughout;
    economically, New Zealand recovered more quickly than most other
    countries. Electorally, that good performance was recognised by
    increased vote to Labour at the following election.

    Do you really believe we should have taken actions that would have
    given us around 14,000 more deaths, Tony?

    Prove there would have been 14,000 deaths and you might be thought to be discussing something for once in your useless life. Rather than repeating the bullshit story the government is pushing with media help!
    I haven't heard the government using the above figures, but they are
    correct. I have given all the numbers to enable you to work it out for
    yourself above, John Bowes - but perhaps you are incapable of simple arithmetic.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 26 22:43:40 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 6:31:39 PM UTC+13, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:18:58 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 2:59:21?PM UTC+13, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:32:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.
    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/
    What a stupid article - and a stupid description of it by one of our
    resident idiots. Covid was just the sort of emergency that we expect
    a government to quickly assess and if appropriate act quickly in the
    interests of New Zealanders.

    Except they didn't! Ardern stuffed around for two fucking weeks before she decided after talking her overseas friends to follow Bloomfields advice! I was in lockdown before Ardern and Labour stopped nattering about it and reacted! I'm not alone in
    beating the government in lockdown either!
    So show the evidence, John . . .

    YOU show you're not lying! Labour fucked around for two fucking weeks and you've been told this many times. However you have never, ever provided anything that even shows the slightest evidence they didn't! It's like Labours claim the won the 2017
    election. bullshit! Your claim to fame Rich!



    Covid presented itself as a serious threat to the health and life of
    New Zealanders. Our government moved quickly to assess available
    information, and acted when it was clear that action not only could,
    but should be taken. This was a war against a new virus which could
    kill, and was believed to be very infectious.

    Our government fucked around like the useless bastards they are!

    Our government acted quickly and greatly restricted passage of people
    to New Zealand, but it was not possible to completely stop all
    shipping and flights - trade commitments had to be met, but
    precautions were taken where possible.

    No matter how often you repeat the lie the government fucked around for two fucking weeks before starting the lockdown! In fact they even changed the lockdown rules on an almost daily basis! Don't deny it unless you have a cite to back up your lie!
    I note you have no cite to back up your lie.

    I not you have no cite to support your lie Rich!

    We can compare deaths in New Zealand with a previous emergency. In
    1940, our population was around 1.6 million. During WW2, the official
    death count for new Zealand was 11,928 - a death rate of around 7,455
    per million population - with many more wounded to a greater or lesser
    extent.

    You can't compare a war with a virus epidemic! Rather compare it with the flu epidemic in 1918!
    Not comparable - in those days even the doctors did not realise what
    they were dealing with.

    they had a better idea of things than you have ever demonstrated in this ng!


    So far New Zealand deaths from Covid total around 638.15 per million,
    which is recognised as being one of the lowest rates of death in the
    world. For example, the equivalent rate of deaths from Covid for the
    United States is 3,331.91 per million population - with again in both
    countries many more suffering long term effects from an infection
    https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/new-zealand#daily-confirmed-deaths-how-do-they-compare-to-other-countries

    (The actual number of deaths for the USA is 1.13 million; for New
    Zealand 3,309)
    https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths?country=~NZL#what-is-the-cumulative-number-of-confirmed-deaths

    From those figures, if we had the same Covid results as the USA, as a
    proportion of our population, we would have had 17,277 deaths.

    It is fair to say that our relative isolation from the world, plus the
    positive emergency actions rightly taken by our government saved us in
    the region of 14,000 additional deaths that we would have experienced
    if we had the same rate of deaths as the USA.

    It is also easy to forget that the actions of our government were, in
    large part, supported by the opposition political parties. Sure they
    bitched and moaned - they had a list of Should Haves that they
    randomly picked on any issue - "moved more quickly", "waited longer",
    "done more", "done less", but they never seriously disagreed with the
    direction the government took. If there was any consistency, they
    wanted the government to accept higher risk to support profits. As it
    was, our businesses came through with fewer closures than in other
    countries, and many continued with good profits throughout;
    economically, New Zealand recovered more quickly than most other
    countries. Electorally, that good performance was recognised by
    increased vote to Labour at the following election.

    Do you really believe we should have taken actions that would have
    given us around 14,000 more deaths, Tony?

    Prove there would have been 14,000 deaths and you might be thought to be discussing something for once in your useless life. Rather than repeating the bullshit story the government is pushing with media help!
    I haven't heard the government using the above figures, but they are correct. I have given all the numbers to enable you to work it out for yourself above, John Bowes - but perhaps you are incapable of simple arithmetic.

    So why the fuck did you claim that figure Rich? stupidity or a desperate unsupported opinion like most of your posts! When it comes to simple arithmetic Rich you've proven on many occasions you like Roberson are bottom of the heap when it comes to math...
    ..

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 27 05:46:56 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:18:58 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 2:59:21?PM UTC+13, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:32:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.

    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/
    What a stupid article - and a stupid description of it by one of our
    resident idiots. Covid was just the sort of emergency that we expect
    a government to quickly assess and if appropriate act quickly in the
    interests of New Zealanders.

    Except they didn't! Ardern stuffed around for two fucking weeks before she >>decided after talking her overseas friends to follow Bloomfields advice! I was
    in lockdown before Ardern and Labour stopped nattering about it and reacted! >>I'm not alone in beating the government in lockdown either!
    So show the evidence, John . . .



    Covid presented itself as a serious threat to the health and life of
    New Zealanders. Our government moved quickly to assess available
    information, and acted when it was clear that action not only could,
    but should be taken. This was a war against a new virus which could
    kill, and was believed to be very infectious.

    Our government fucked around like the useless bastards they are!

    Our government acted quickly and greatly restricted passage of people
    to New Zealand, but it was not possible to completely stop all
    shipping and flights - trade commitments had to be met, but
    precautions were taken where possible.

    No matter how often you repeat the lie the government fucked around for two >>fucking weeks before starting the lockdown! In fact they even changed the >>lockdown rules on an almost daily basis! Don't deny it unless you have a cite >>to back up your lie!
    I note you have no cite to back up your lie.

    We can compare deaths in New Zealand with a previous emergency. In
    1940, our population was around 1.6 million. During WW2, the official
    death count for new Zealand was 11,928 - a death rate of around 7,455
    per million population - with many more wounded to a greater or lesser
    extent.

    You can't compare a war with a virus epidemic! Rather compare it with the flu >>epidemic in 1918!
    Not comparable - in those days even the doctors did not realise what
    they were dealing with.



    So far New Zealand deaths from Covid total around 638.15 per million,
    which is recognised as being one of the lowest rates of death in the
    world. For example, the equivalent rate of deaths from Covid for the
    United States is 3,331.91 per million population - with again in both
    countries many more suffering long term effects from an infection
    https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/new-zealand#daily-confirmed-deaths-how-do-they-compare-to-other-countries

    (The actual number of deaths for the USA is 1.13 million; for New
    Zealand 3,309)
    https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths?country=~NZL#what-is-the-cumulative-number-of-confirmed-deaths

    From those figures, if we had the same Covid results as the USA, as a
    proportion of our population, we would have had 17,277 deaths.

    It is fair to say that our relative isolation from the world, plus the
    positive emergency actions rightly taken by our government saved us in
    the region of 14,000 additional deaths that we would have experienced
    if we had the same rate of deaths as the USA.

    It is also easy to forget that the actions of our government were, in
    large part, supported by the opposition political parties. Sure they
    bitched and moaned - they had a list of Should Haves that they
    randomly picked on any issue - "moved more quickly", "waited longer",
    "done more", "done less", but they never seriously disagreed with the
    direction the government took. If there was any consistency, they
    wanted the government to accept higher risk to support profits. As it
    was, our businesses came through with fewer closures than in other
    countries, and many continued with good profits throughout;
    economically, New Zealand recovered more quickly than most other
    countries. Electorally, that good performance was recognised by
    increased vote to Labour at the following election.

    Do you really believe we should have taken actions that would have
    given us around 14,000 more deaths, Tony?

    Prove there would have been 14,000 deaths and you might be thought to be >>discussing something for once in your useless life. Rather than repeating the >>bullshit story the government is pushing with media help!
    I haven't heard the government using the above figures, but they are
    correct. I have given all the numbers to enable you to work it out for >yourself above, John Bowes - but perhaps you are incapable of simple >arithmetic.
    And perhaps you are incapable of politeness. Fact is, Most of the article is extremely well done and you have failed to address the content at all. How usual!

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 26 22:18:58 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 2:59:21 PM UTC+13, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:32:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    And a forthright and intelligent commentary. >https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/
    What a stupid article - and a stupid description of it by one of our resident idiots. Covid was just the sort of emergency that we expect
    a government to quickly assess and if appropriate act quickly in the interests of New Zealanders.

    Except they didn't! Ardern stuffed around for two fucking weeks before she decided after talking her overseas friends to follow Bloomfields advice! I was in lockdown before Ardern and Labour stopped nattering about it and reacted! I'm not alone in
    beating the government in lockdown either!


    Covid presented itself as a serious threat to the health and life of
    New Zealanders. Our government moved quickly to assess available information, and acted when it was clear that action not only could,
    but should be taken. This was a war against a new virus which could
    kill, and was believed to be very infectious.

    Our government fucked around like the useless bastards they are!

    Our government acted quickly and greatly restricted passage of people
    to New Zealand, but it was not possible to completely stop all
    shipping and flights - trade commitments had to be met, but
    precautions were taken where possible.

    No matter how often you repeat the lie the government fucked around for two fucking weeks before starting the lockdown! In fact they even changed the lockdown rules on an almost daily basis! Don't deny it unless you have a cite to back up your lie!


    We can compare deaths in New Zealand with a previous emergency. In
    1940, our population was around 1.6 million. During WW2, the official
    death count for new Zealand was 11,928 - a death rate of around 7,455
    per million population - with many more wounded to a greater or lesser extent.

    You can't compare a war with a virus epidemic! Rather compare it with the flu epidemic in 1918!


    So far New Zealand deaths from Covid total around 638.15 per million,
    which is recognised as being one of the lowest rates of death in the
    world. For example, the equivalent rate of deaths from Covid for the
    United States is 3,331.91 per million population - with again in both countries many more suffering long term effects from an infection https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/new-zealand#daily-confirmed-deaths-how-do-they-compare-to-other-countries

    (The actual number of deaths for the USA is 1.13 million; for New
    Zealand 3,309) https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths?country=~NZL#what-is-the-cumulative-number-of-confirmed-deaths

    From those figures, if we had the same Covid results as the USA, as a proportion of our population, we would have had 17,277 deaths.

    It is fair to say that our relative isolation from the world, plus the positive emergency actions rightly taken by our government saved us in
    the region of 14,000 additional deaths that we would have experienced
    if we had the same rate of deaths as the USA.

    It is also easy to forget that the actions of our government were, in
    large part, supported by the opposition political parties. Sure they
    bitched and moaned - they had a list of Should Haves that they
    randomly picked on any issue - "moved more quickly", "waited longer",
    "done more", "done less", but they never seriously disagreed with the direction the government took. If there was any consistency, they
    wanted the government to accept higher risk to support profits. As it
    was, our businesses came through with fewer closures than in other countries, and many continued with good profits throughout;
    economically, New Zealand recovered more quickly than most other
    countries. Electorally, that good performance was recognised by
    increased vote to Labour at the following election.

    Do you really believe we should have taken actions that would have
    given us around 14,000 more deaths, Tony?

    Prove there would have been 14,000 deaths and you might be thought to be discussing something for once in your useless life. Rather than repeating the bullshit story the government is pushing with media help!

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From James Christophers@21:1/5 to James Christophers on Wed Sep 27 14:27:12 2023
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:22:37 AM UTC+13, James Christophers wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary. https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    Corrected:
    Jeffrey Tucker is a 60 years old self-styled Libertarian and an alumnus of the now much discredited "Austrian School" (Hayek, Friedman, Thatcher, Keynes, Reagan etc.) whose influences and policies brought the global economy to the brink of collapse in
    2008.

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  • From James Christophers@21:1/5 to Tony on Wed Sep 27 14:22:35 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary. https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/


    Jeffrey Tucker is a 60 years old self-styled Libertarian and an alumnus of the now much discredited "Austrian School" (Freidman, Thatcher, Keynes, Reagan etc.) whose influences and policies brought the global economy to the brink of collapse in 2008.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 27 23:53:45 2023
    James Christophers <jmschristophers@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:22:37 AM UTC+13, James Christophers wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.

    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    Corrected:
    Jeffrey Tucker is a 60 years old self-styled Libertarian and an alumnus of >>the now much discredited "Austrian School" (Hayek, Friedman, Thatcher, Keynes,
    Reagan etc.) whose influences and policies brought the global economy to the >>brink of collapse in 2008.
    Which has zero bearing on the content.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From James Christophers@21:1/5 to Tony on Wed Sep 27 19:01:31 2023
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 12:53:48 PM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    James Christophers <jmschri...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:22:37 AM UTC+13, James Christophers wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.

    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    Corrected:
    Jeffrey Tucker is a 60 years old self-styled Libertarian and an alumnus of
    the now much discredited "Austrian School" (Hayek, Friedman, Thatcher, Keynes,
    Reagan etc.) whose influences and policies brought the global economy to the
    brink of collapse in 2008.
    Which has zero bearing on the content.

    Convince me.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Thu Sep 28 14:40:50 2023
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:53:45 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    James Christophers <jmschristophers@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:22:37 AM UTC+13, James Christophers >wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.

    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    Corrected:
    Jeffrey Tucker is a 60 years old self-styled Libertarian and an alumnus of >>>the now much discredited "Austrian School" (Hayek, Friedman, Thatcher, Keynes,
    Reagan etc.) whose influences and policies brought the global economy to the >>>brink of collapse in 2008.
    Which has zero bearing on the content.

    But explained the total disconnect with reality of much of what is
    written.

    Take this quote from the article, just under a picture of Jacinda
    Ardern holding a baby: "The bad guys have been christened as the good
    guys, and the good guys have been purged, deplatformed, canceled, and demonized. It’s a turn of events none of us could have imagined back
    in 2020. It cries out for an explanation. "

    sp what happened back in 2020 - we had the sudden appearance of a very contagious virus that killled. We saw pictures of bulldozers preparing
    mass graves in the USA. What could be done? Then we saw a considered
    and balanced response from some governments - first priority: Protect
    and preserve our people. So we locked down, took precautions against
    becoming infected, but much on hold, and hoped.

    Turns out New Zealand had done exactly the right things - we had
    remarkeably few deaths, but the still added up; we had some impact on
    business, but international trade continued, we were able to make
    essential purchases, and businesses were helped to be able to keep
    paying employees, which ensured that while many businesses came
    through with little work able to be done - those employed - our
    people, were able to continue their lives and return to work.

    Then we saw the other side - Jacinda Ardern was vilified, purged,
    demonised, and threatened - needing security at a level normally
    associated with dictators in lawless countries - as well as of course
    the President of the United States! Instead we saw people listening
    to fools who claimed that Covid had been manufactured by the Chinese,
    by the government, by the medical profession, etc, etc. We saw people
    claiming that vaccines would kill you (against all evidence); that the
    death rates in New Zealand were untrue; and that our economy had been destroyed, and that it was a conspiracy . . . you get the idea.

    We were able to compare our results with those of other countries - we
    know for example that the United States experience was considerably
    worse than ours - had we experienced their level of deaths we would
    have had an additional 14,000 New Zealanders die - but that means
    nothing to the protestors - and surprise, surprise, the article by
    Jeffrey Tucker does not go in that direction.

    So who is he? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Tucker

    He espuses Anarcho-capitalism : "Anarcho-capitalism (colloquially:
    ancap or '"an-cap"') is an anti-statist,[3] libertarian[4] political
    philosophy and economic theory that seeks to abolish centralized
    states in favor of stateless societies with systems of private
    property enforced by private agencies, the non-aggression principle,
    free markets and self-ownership, which extends the concept to include
    control of private property as part of the self. In the absence of
    statute, anarcho-capitalists hold that society tends to contractually self-regulate and civilize through participation in the free market,
    which they describe as a voluntary society involving the voluntary
    exchange of goods and services.[5][6][7][8] In a theoretical
    anarcho-capitalist society, the system of private property would still
    exist and be enforced by private defense agencies and/or insurance
    companies selected by customers, which would operate competitively in
    a market and fulfill the roles of courts and the police." (Wikipedia).

    As an example of his judgement, he has been an advocate for Bitcoin.

    ""Tucker blogged in opposition to social distancing measures and face
    masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, framing them as subservience to
    "arbitrary and ignorant authority" "

    Knowing how many died in the USA compared with New Zealand, who would
    believe anything this person says?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu Sep 28 03:23:28 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:53:45 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    James Christophers <jmschristophers@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:22:37 AM UTC+13, James Christophers >>wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.


    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    Corrected:
    Jeffrey Tucker is a 60 years old self-styled Libertarian and an alumnus of >>>>the now much discredited "Austrian School" (Hayek, Friedman, Thatcher, >>>>Keynes,
    Reagan etc.) whose influences and policies brought the global economy to >>>>the
    brink of collapse in 2008.
    Which has zero bearing on the content.

    But explained the total disconnect with reality of much of what is
    written.

    Take this quote from the article, just under a picture of Jacinda
    Ardern holding a baby: "The bad guys have been christened as the good
    guys, and the good guys have been purged, deplatformed, canceled, and >demonized. It’s a turn of events none of us could have imagined back
    in 2020. It cries out for an explanation. "

    sp what happened back in 2020 - we had the sudden appearance of a very >contagious virus that killled. We saw pictures of bulldozers preparing
    mass graves in the USA. What could be done? Then we saw a considered
    and balanced response from some governments - first priority: Protect
    and preserve our people. So we locked down, took precautions against
    becoming infected, but much on hold, and hoped.

    Turns out New Zealand had done exactly the right things - we had
    remarkeably few deaths, but the still added up; we had some impact on >business, but international trade continued, we were able to make
    essential purchases, and businesses were helped to be able to keep
    paying employees, which ensured that while many businesses came
    through with little work able to be done - those employed - our
    people, were able to continue their lives and return to work.

    Then we saw the other side - Jacinda Ardern was vilified, purged,
    demonised, and threatened - needing security at a level normally
    associated with dictators in lawless countries - as well as of course
    the President of the United States! Instead we saw people listening
    to fools who claimed that Covid had been manufactured by the Chinese,
    by the government, by the medical profession, etc, etc. We saw people >claiming that vaccines would kill you (against all evidence); that the
    death rates in New Zealand were untrue; and that our economy had been >destroyed, and that it was a conspiracy . . . you get the idea.

    We were able to compare our results with those of other countries - we
    know for example that the United States experience was considerably
    worse than ours - had we experienced their level of deaths we would
    have had an additional 14,000 New Zealanders die - but that means
    nothing to the protestors - and surprise, surprise, the article by
    Jeffrey Tucker does not go in that direction.

    So who is he? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Tucker

    He espuses Anarcho-capitalism : "Anarcho-capitalism (colloquially:
    ancap or '"an-cap"') is an anti-statist,[3] libertarian[4] political >philosophy and economic theory that seeks to abolish centralized
    states in favor of stateless societies with systems of private
    property enforced by private agencies, the non-aggression principle,
    free markets and self-ownership, which extends the concept to include
    control of private property as part of the self. In the absence of
    statute, anarcho-capitalists hold that society tends to contractually >self-regulate and civilize through participation in the free market,
    which they describe as a voluntary society involving the voluntary
    exchange of goods and services.[5][6][7][8] In a theoretical >anarcho-capitalist society, the system of private property would still
    exist and be enforced by private defense agencies and/or insurance
    companies selected by customers, which would operate competitively in
    a market and fulfill the roles of courts and the police." (Wikipedia).

    As an example of his judgement, he has been an advocate for Bitcoin.

    ""Tucker blogged in opposition to social distancing measures and face
    masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, framing them as subservience to >"arbitrary and ignorant authority" "

    Knowing how many died in the USA compared with New Zealand, who would
    believe anything this person says?
    You have totally failed to address the article's contents or the messages therein. You have totally failed to address the questions he posed. You are incapable of balance or thinking for yourself.
    WHat a disgrace you are in a newsgroup where most people are prepared to debate but you are not. Go somewhere more suitable.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Tony on Thu Sep 28 03:26:37 2023
    James Christophers <jmschristophers@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 12:53:48 PM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    James Christophers <jmschri...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:22:37 AM UTC+13, James Christophers >> wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 9:32:30 AM UTC+13, Tony wrote:
    And a forthright and intelligent commentary.


    https://21stcenturywire.com/2023/09/22/jeffrey-tucker-the-valorization-of-the-tyrants/

    Corrected:
    Jeffrey Tucker is a 60 years old self-styled Libertarian and an alumnus >> >>of
    the now much discredited "Austrian School" (Hayek, Friedman, Thatcher,
    Keynes,
    Reagan etc.) whose influences and policies brought the global economy to >> >>the
    brink of collapse in 2008.
    Which has zero bearing on the content.

    Convince me.
    Unnecessary.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)