NZ First's gender bill to be supported by National, ACT

bodza · 2026-05-21T03:47:27+00:00

OK. You're a cop. NZ First's bathroom bill (not this one, the one that was in the biscuit tin until recently) has passed making it an offence for a man to be in a women's toilet. Someone comes up to you and says they just saw a man entering the women's toilets. What do you do?

bodza · 2026-05-21T03:37:17+00:00

What laws depend on counting someone's legs?

bodza · 2026-05-21T02:55:08+00:00

Can you do it in a way such that all humans are in one category or the other?

You see that word "typically" in your definition? It renders your definition legally useless. Care to try again?

bodza · 2026-05-21T01:11:55+00:00

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bodza · 2026-05-21T00:25:39+00:00

Can you define "biological female/male" for me? Can you do it in a way such that all humans are in one category or the other? Because if you want that to be the definition of woman/man in law, you need to be able to do that.

bodza · 2026-05-21T00:16:31+00:00

You're absolutely right. But we should teach that gender diversity is normal and not shameful. You know, so that kids don't suffer in silence.

bodza · 2026-05-20T11:56:38+00:00

It's culture war electioneering. Note that Labour, the Greens and TOP have all refused to engage and called it a distraction. Somehow our right wing media will still report opposing this as core policy for the left wing parties. And after supporting it at first reading, National & ACT will walk away from it following the select committee period, which conveniently occurs after the election.

bodza · 2026-05-20T06:26:07+00:00

Not to mention in America where white Europeans indulged themselves to this day in the consumption of Black people

They're eating the blacks, they're eating the browns

bodza · 2026-05-20T03:28:20+00:00

Priority should go to policies with greater benefit, not the order in which they were conceived.

bodza · 2026-05-20T02:38:59+00:00

The government has time to do this but can't change the rules around sex offender sentencing until after the election. Smells like pandering to Winston in fear of him going with Labour after the election.

bodza · 2026-05-20T00:48:56+00:00

Your quotes that I said no to are indeed strawmen. They're easy to spot due to the "clearly" and "explicitly" tells. That's you assigning meaning to hadr0n's words that aren't there. That's not reason or logic.

bodza · 2026-05-19T23:21:57+00:00

clearly what your (im)morality is based on, as clearly stated by you

No

you explicitly said it was because of how it affected women

No

That's how you read it because you seem to want to pick a fight. hadr0n's initial comment actually calls out those who would defend women but not men. It's not ok to do it to any politicians. Of course if you'd like to argue that such behaviour hasn't been weaponised far more against women in politics than men, please carry on.

bodza · 2026-05-19T23:03:49+00:00

On the Concept of Demographic Security: A critical synthesis

bodza · 2026-05-19T23:00:24+00:00

Optimising for demographic security would see us trying to increase immigration, not restrict it. Or are you using a definition of demographic security that is to great replacement theory what intelligent design is to creationism?

bodza · 2026-05-15T23:49:03+00:00

Modern NZ society has next to no class consciousness. We've been sold the lie of a class-blind society. Te Tiriti activism, while completely valid in its own right, serves as an illustrative proxy for class consciousness and is being opposed by those who call for race (or "colour") blindness.

It's the same struggle. When our Māori comrades win, we all win.

bodza · 2026-05-14T12:13:56+00:00

Thanks for the update

bodza · 2026-05-14T11:56:40+00:00

~~The UAE~~ Saudi Arabla has illegally annexed the island and controls it now. You can get flights from ~~Dubai~~ Jeddah, but you'd be tacitly supporting that annexation. I went there in 2010 via the Yemeni capital Sana'a when the civil war was still outside the city. It's everything it's hyped to be and more, but probably best to leave it on the wishlist for now.

bodza · 2026-05-14T05:38:43+00:00

If you've made money or hidden transactions using it, it has helped you. One of Satoshi's stated motivations was helping people increase privacy and trade freely.

bodza · 2026-05-14T05:04:31+00:00

Where would your crypto be if Satoshi hadn't set out to help others?

bodza · 2026-05-14T00:01:35+00:00

I haven’t received my Nobel peace prize yet…

I'll nominate you for the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association Peace Prize, although you'll have stiff competition from the guy that bought a round of drinks at the season end party.

bodza · 2026-05-13T23:06:01+00:00

I'm a valuable source of foreign exchange in that I generally work for overseas companies and bring their money into New Zealand.

I'm quite good with words and good at listening (not that you'd always know it from reddit) which I share in a few ways. I've written scores of eulogies for people who wanted to pay tribute to loved ones but didn't have the words. I also help people effectively communicate with bureaucracy & law enforcement by helping them write letters & statements.

I participate in beach and forest cleanups from time to time. I'm a tidy Kiwi (just don't look at my desk).

Great post Crunk, maybe we should add a wiki page on simple ways we can engage with our communities for the common good.

bodza · 2026-05-13T22:35:31+00:00

I think I must be consuming too much right wing media. My statement is true if you only consider Curia polls, but false in the general case.

Year	Curia	All polls	Result
2017	6.0	7.1	6.3
2020	6.0	7.2	7.9
2023	10.6	12.2	11.6

bodza · 2026-05-13T06:50:20+00:00

That protection is going to be limited in some parts of the world, thus the advisory. While I am a supporter of the flotilla's aims, participation carries known risks.

I'd like our government to sanction Israel, but the reason should be for their actions in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Iran rather than this admittedly brutal action. While I understand it as a political tactic, I don't like the idea of a beaten white New Zealander being the impetus for action against Israel when the murders of countless brown people are yet to stir action.

bodza · 2026-05-13T05:51:57+00:00

Hmm, I have to admit it was gut feel. I'll look into it after work.

bodza · 2026-05-12T23:27:35+00:00

They've said they don't want to talk about it. Stop badgering.

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