charles_nz Forum Posts (1,386)

RE: Socialism ?

I speak out against socialism - in New Zealand, and in the USA and anywhere else.

For us in New Zealand, as in Canada, the UK, and many other countries, having government-funded healthcare seems normal, and no big deal, albeit not terribly efficient, perhaps. I do, however, take issue with how much money is wasted by our government on social welfare benefits - approximately a third of all tax money (and we have high taxes here) goes to support solo mothers who can't be bothered finding a husband, or lazy people who can't be bothered getting a job.

RE: How it's like to have a foreigner partner???

Thanks.

I have indeed dated women of my own country, but could not imagine marrying anyone from here.

RE: Silly Laws

No, sick is killing children without their consent, which your government does.

In this case you mention, I'd say your government are right. I certainly don't want neighbour's kids climbing over my fence to retrieve balls they shouldn't have kicked over in the first place.

RE: creating the lyrics to a song - Traditional woman

Nobody's mentioned putting another log on the fire?

RE: how do you foreigners see The Netherlands?

I shudder again at the way some people think. This is very very sad.

If Granny gets Alzheimers, let's just get her out of the way too, shall we? Since, under Dutch law, infants need not consent to being "terminated" (see the information from the Dutch government's own website that I posted on the other thread - and yes, they actually use the word "terminated") then why should Granny have to consent?

Killing people off when they get sick is just so much easier and better all round, right?

RE: What Should Be The Most Usefull Option As An Action Against Terrorism ?

To my surprise, Tuesday has actually said something I agree with.

Yes, terrorism is borne largely by poverty and marginalization.

RE: Eurovision 2019

Being Down Under, all I know about Eurovision is Abba, Engelbert Humperdinck, and a bloke with a beard.

RE: No one commenting on Mr Putin's remarks in his annual address ...

Then you are mistaken. I hope this will encourage you to do some further research.

RE: Travel Insurance

Agreed, it is always sensible to have insurance. Not just for travel, but for your house, your car, your contents.

That said, travel insurance should, in my view, involve weighing up the likely risks involved. I'd always get it now. The one time I went overseas without travel insurance, I contracted cholera. Needless to say, all the times I have purchased travel insurance, I haven't even contracted the a cold.

I'm just not a fan of governments treating adults like children and telling them they must do this, they must do that. People, in my view, have to take some responsibility for themselves.

RE: Big Mouth Looses Jobs for New York

A lot of websites nowadays don't allow uploading of our own photos. Reason being that this means the photo is stored on their website and eats up their bandwidth.

So we have to find images on the internet that are appropriate, and insert the URL as a link. This way, the photo appears but is not hosted at this site.

You can find images on Google, Yahoo, Bing, and other search engines.Just search for what you want. You then need to right-click on the image and select "open in new tab". That way you get the URL of the actual image in your URL line, not the URL of the webpage you found it on. You then click "cop" and then paste that into the box that opens when you click "IMG" on this page.

RE: How children see love, very special................. especially the last one

This is a cute thread and I probably shouldn't have brought cynicism into it. My bad.

But yeah, what kids these days think is "normal" is pretty scary.

RE: Another Court Victory!

What a pity the Supreme Court does not take the same view vis a vis the White House.

RE: Trump Defunds Planned Parenthood

I did a bit of a double-take here, as I thought your thread topic was "Trump Defends Planned Parenthood".

I am relieved this is not the case.

RE: If I Ever Move To The City

I just clicked on "go to the bottom of the page" and realized the irony.......

RE: Socialism ?

In my country, expenditure on social welfare benefits and hospitals accounts for almost 50% of all government spending.

RE: Travel Insurance

I'm the one who voted "no" but I did so by mistake. I thought the question was "should travel insurance be compulsory?".

So my vote is actually for "yes". Of course people should be able to travel without insurance. It is a matter of personal choice.

RE: No one commenting on Mr Putin's remarks in his annual address ...

RE: Haiti protests.

Haiti would be in a much better place if they'd elected this guy, when they had the chance. Charles Baker.

RE: How it's like to have a foreigner partner???

I have never even seriously considered marrying a woman of my own country and culture. It's just "not me".

RE: how do you foreigners see The Netherlands?

The cute little teddy emojis don't display in the quote, but I'd suggest you find some children to give them to. Maybe in honour of the small lives cut short but those who sincerely believe that sick children should be "terminated" as this is the "best option" (quotes from the Dutch government's website).

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

RE: how do you foreigners see The Netherlands?

Indeed.

When a man threatens a woman with violence, he is an evil person. When a woman threatens a man with violence, we are supposed to see it as funny? This double standard needs to go, if feminism is to be taken seriously.

RE: Big Mouth Looses Jobs for New York

You can not post pics off your own computer; only links to images on the internet. This is done by clicking "IMG" at the bottom of the window and inserting the URL.

RE: Would You Rather Have A Shelter Dog Or Pedigree

A shelter dog. If for no reason other than that I am tight with money, and wouldn't be prepared to spend money on a pedigree dog when I could get a dog for free.

RE: how do you foreigners see The Netherlands?

Miguel, why are you clogging this thread?

RE: Big Mouth Looses Jobs for New York

They do look similar, and both are extremely attractive. Not nice people, though.

RE: Silly Laws

We actually have a law like that in this country.

I did not know that you do, in Canada. But why am I not surprised? You can take the kids to the "pot shop" in between the post office and the deli, but you can't smoke tobacco in front of them.

RE: how do you foreigners see The Netherlands?

Then stop replying, lady.

And for what it's worth, I don't like threats of violence, even made in jest. This is not cool, and is certainly not something I would ever say. I guess we can see who is the more negative person.

Have a lovely day.

RE: how do you foreigners see The Netherlands?

In your initial comments about me, there were some grains of truth. I freely admit I am a very opinionated individual. And I know this occasionally rubs some people up the wrong way.

But frankly, your response to me was more extreme and aggressive than anything I have said in any of my posts. Accusing me of "hate-filled propaganda" because I dared to cut and paste an article from the Dutch government's own website confirming that they do indeed kill infants without the child's consent, seems a tad over the top. If you honestly believe that being concerned about non-voluntary "euthanasia" constitutes "hate" then you have a very warped worldview.

And no, I certainly do not claim to speak for New Zealanders. And nor can you! We are both individuals with our own opinions. And that is as it should be.

RE: Question for Women – Do you prefer Masculine or feminine Men?

This is what I call the "Here and Now Worldview". The view that, at any given time in history, we have got everything exactly right, and at every time preceding the present moment, we got everything wrong.

RE: Ansti Omar.

It is certainly true that putting the Republic of Israel where it is, was, in retrospect, a mistake.