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    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    The name change is an odd request. Almost as if his proud political compass might impede his chances at whatever law firm he's delivering post to / shooting hoops for. At 27.
    It’s not my actual IRL political compass, more so that I don’t (and never have) actually believe a lot of the things I say. I’m more curious to see how other people respond to the arguments / statements for the entertainment value.

    Anyways given people’s sour reaction I’m already reconsidering that policy, I might just stick to sports, no need to rock the boat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    Change his name back.
    Change your fucking avatar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pepe View Post


    Duke.
    Bad look tbh. But maybe we were severely deflating grades in the past?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bartholomert View Post
    Bad look tbh. But maybe we were severely deflating grades in the past?
    Maybe. The average GPA is ~3.5 though, which is pretty lol. Maybe everyone who attends is brilliant...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bartholomert View Post
    It’s not my actual IRL political compass, more so that I don’t (and never have) actually believe a lot of the things I say. I’m more curious to see how other people respond to the arguments / statements for the entertainment value.
    You've been at this shit for a decade. Grow the fuck up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    Has anyone ever used so many words to say so little?
    He’s a lawyer, that’s literally his job

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    Muggers has a good point.

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    "Sorry, your honour. I was only trolling."

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    Are you 'mirin my waistlines sweet gains?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    "Sorry, your honour. I was only trolling."
    Tbf when your client is more or less in the wrong, the arguments you make are are pretty comparable to trolling to see if you can gaslight the court into handing you some concessions (and conveying to the client some degree of due diligence so you can pick up your bill). Although in my experience you end up convincing yourself that your client is right by the time you're through with writing the briefs, due to whatever psychological factors.

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    Urgh. Yaeh, so much for self growth. You make quite a few contradictory points too, but it’s too much effort to deconstruct all that shit.

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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...-after-attacks

    That t-shirt and those specs are definitely going to stop a semi-automatic rifle.

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    Mert, if you're just going to come back and troll, don't. Reaction-trolling on a thread about a tragedy like this for your own amusement isn't on.

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    People could just do the sensible thing and ignore basically everything he posts, of course.

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    Utrecht shooting Evening Standard: Several injured after shooting on tram in Utrecht.
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/worl...-a4094321.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Utrecht shooting Evening Standard: Several injured after shooting on tram in Utrecht.
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/worl...-a4094321.html
    Yeah Erdogan was pretty much framing the attack as an attack on all Muslims and strongly insinuating that retribution was righteous and necessary all week...clash between the native populations and Muslim immigrants is a ticking time bomb waiting to happen at this stage, just a matter of when...

    No joke, I've strongly considered changing my name because I feel violent ethnic cleansing is a very real possibility during my lifetime (more likely in Europe than America I would think).

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    Shut the fuck up you fraud.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Utrecht shooting Evening Standard: Several injured after shooting on tram in Utrecht.
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/worl...-a4094321.html
    The Tinder Box is warming up.

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    The Tinder box has been on fire since 2001 and had been smouldering since the Soviets had a nibble at Afghanistan.

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    We haven't seen anything yet.

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    We've been relatively peaceful for the past couple of years. The world is still getting safer.

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    Quite proud of how our little country has united together over the past few days. It's a very strange feeling of terrorism hitting home. I can only imagine some of you had felt the same after 7/7 in London, or elsewhere.

    A few selected lines from the Prime Ministers address to Parliament today.

    https://vimeo.com/325113231

    Al salam Alaikum. Peace be upon you. And peace be upon all of us.

    The 15th of March will now forever be a day etched in our collective memories. On a quiet Friday afternoon a man stormed into a place of peaceful worship and took away the lives of 50 people.

    That quiet Friday afternoon has become our darkest of days.

    But for the families, it was more than that. It was the day that the simple act of prayer – of practising their Muslim faith and religion – led to the loss of their loved ones lives.

    Those loved ones, were brothers, daughters, fathers and children.

    They were New Zealanders. They are us.

    And because they are us, we, as a nation, we mourn them.
    There is one person at the centre of this act of terror against our Muslim community in New Zealand.

    A 28-year-old man – an Australian citizen – has been charged with one count of murder. Other charges will follow. He will face the full force of the law in New Zealand. The families of the fallen will have justice.

    He sought many things from his act of terror, but one was notoriety.

    And that is why you will never hear me mention his name.

    He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He is an extremist.

    But he will, when I speak, be nameless.

    And to others I implore you: speak the names of those who were lost, rather than name of the man who took them.

    He may have sought notoriety, but we in New Zealand will give him nothing. Not even his name.
    As I conclude I acknowledge there are many stories that will have struck all of us since the 15th of March.

    One I wish to mention, is that of Hati Mohemmed Daoud Nabi.

    He was the 71-year-old man who opened the door at the Al-Noor mosque and uttered the words ‘Hello brother, welcome’. His final words.

    Of course he had no idea of the hate that sat behind the door, but his welcome tells us so much – that he was a member of a faith that welcomed all its members, that showed openness, and care.

    I have said many times, we are a nation of 200 ethnicities, 160 languages. We open our doors to others and say welcome. And the only thing that must change after the events of Friday is that this same door must close on all of those who espouse hate and fear.

    Yes the person who committed these acts was not from here. He was not raised here. He did not find his ideology here, but that is not to say that those very same views do not live here.

    I know that as a nation, we wish to provide every comfort we can to our Muslim community in this darkest of times. And we are. The mountain of flowers around the country that lie at the doors of mosques, the spontaneous song outside the gates. These are ways of expressing an outpouring of love and empathy. But we wish to do more.

    We wish for every member of our communities to also feel safe.

    Safety means being free from the fear of violence.

    But it also means being free from the fear of those sentiments of racism and hate, that create a place where violence can flourish.

    And every single one of us has the power to change that.

    On Friday it will be a week since the attack.

    Members of the Muslim community will gather for worship on that day.

    Let us acknowledge their grief as they do.

    Let’s support them as they gather again for worship.

    We are one, they are us.

    Tatau tatau

    Al salam Alaikum

    Weh Rahmat Allah

    Weh Barakaatuh
    https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/19-...qy8bGqsqfKmyQk
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    Of course. I was even on board with Ken Livingstone for a while after 7/7. That Mancunian performing poet, too.

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    Bit 'People's Princess' that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    That Mancunian performing poet, too.
    Argh Kid? I wouldn't go that far.
    I'm a twit

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    The they are us line doesn’t work either.

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