Decolonisation

 "Decolonisation" is a word I keep seeing on my daily trawl through New Zealand websites.

The action of decolonisation, I admit, I have never read about.

Upon reflection I would like that to change.

I have decided therefore, subject to one condition, to support decolonisation (I like birds).

That condition is we use chronological order to implement decolonisation using a "first in-first out" process and demand those leaving use exactly the same form of transport they arrived in.

The sole alternative to be transportation to the 12 mile limit, upon which they are required to walk the rest of the way. 

I am amazed.

 The headline: 

Ryan Bridge: We need to break away from coalition governments

The story: I urge you to read it.

Mr Bridge usually, from what I see, produces short pieces on popular stories, mostly expounding on the latest fashionable view of those stories. My guess is that those pieces are added to the website by Bridge himself, or by a lackey assigned to the task without editorial supervision of any sort. No wonder then that this column appeared.

Yesterday (If Bridge's timeline is accurate) Government pollies turned up to a meeting with different, opposing views. They then proceeded to discuss those views, working out a compromise on the issue that could work for both parties.

Mr Bridge considers this to be a problem.

No doubt on Mr Bridge's planet the pollies would be banned from any meeting (probably by being imprisoned and shot), no compromise would ever be reached and the PM (Dictator) would advise the survivors of what the only acceptable opinion will be.

I am amazed: Not that this column appeared but that Mr Bridge found his way through his front door to the waiting transport that conveyed him to the NewstalkZB premises allowing him to produce such nonsense. His minders must be very good indeed. 

Locked Up!

 The headline: 

Increased reporting sees steep rise in prison assaults 

The problem: The headline is as wrong as the conclusion.

I seriously hope that the sharp increase in prison assaults is because more slime are being locked up for their sins and subsequently being rightfully punished for those sins but increased reporting of prison assaults means only that more are being reported.