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Ron Segal's avatar

This is a wonderful article by Samira. Essentially about the demise of reasoned debate in New Zealand, which appears to be dominated by those taking extreme socio-political positions for reasons that defy sane, defensible logic, hence resorting to ad hominem attacks and attempts to remove players from the field. On that latter I think what Samira eludes to is that there is little in the way of moral barriers standing in between such behaviour and that of those who operate murderous despotic regimes other than the practical ability to order heads to roll. For me the big worry for the nation is how we now seem to find it impossible to keep such people from occupying significant leadership roles and what that says about us as a society.

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A Halfling’s View's avatar

Thanks Gary - Samira writes powerfully and her experience makes her article even more significant. It needs a wide readership.

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