How is it right or just that John Key can feel that the police can have the right to secretly video/tape criminals, yet when a journalist in a cafe is trying to keep the public informed is charged with ‘secretly taping' John Key in a public area?
If he had wanted to keep the details of what he said secret, then he should have taken the person to his office or another ‘private' area!
I refuse to vote for a person with double standards.
If you do not vote, you have no right to grumble about what Government or even your local council does. Use your vote to voice your opinion!
Posted: 03:48pm Fri 18 Nov, 2011
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ethics
Posted on 18-11-2011 17:16 | By hanscampp
A few years ago Charles Colson wrote in his column about the 'Washington Post' ombudsman, Richard Harwood, who advanced "the utterly crass argument that journalism has no ethics anyway...Their ethics just "get invented as they go along.."ethics is not even a concern" Getting a story is. How you get the story doesn't matter" Does this apply to the overblown tea cup incident?
double standards in taping
Posted on 18-11-2011 18:25 | By algail
For Gods sake NZ wake up. Here are screaming a yelling about a stupid taped conversation when we have far more serious issues to debate. We have let the MPs off the hook by not concentrating on the real issues when it the last two weeks of an election campaign we should all be asking more serious questions and demanding honest answers. For Gods sake we have a high crime a high prison population very high drug user numbers eyc etc etc. WAKE UP and talk about the real issues, keep the electioneers on the toes rather than give them a rest while you dig a dig about something that really doesn't matter at this time. Alastair Bethlehem
No Principles
Posted on 24-11-2011 18:58 | By The Tomahawk Kid
The first part of this letter makes a very good point HOWEVER the second part spoils the sense it made in the first part. I refuse to vote or give my permission to people who do things I disagree with - it is STUPID. Voting for any of the major political parties only encourages them to do more of the same - they think its what you want. Seeing as all the parties are essentially the same - ie they ask you to vote for them and give them your permission to DESTROY the rights of ANY Minority, and that is wrong and immoral - even minorities have rights (or used to!) John Key doesnt have double standards - His fault is that he has no PRINCIPLES, and he FLIP PLOPS on issues - this is what happens when the party you vote for IGNORES and contravenes their core party principles. The ONLY party that do not do this is Libertarianz.
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