charles_nz Forum Posts (1,386)

RE: Brexit

Not sure that your question makes much sense.

The people voted for Brexit. The politicians failed to deliver it (as those of us with any understanding of politics had been predicting since before the referendum even took place).

Really, that'a all you need to know.

RE: Not Good For Canada

Go and smoke some more of your beloved weed and you will neither notice nor care.

RE: The Asia Bibi blasphemy case

Dear oh dear.

I am saying that Islam will supplant both Christianity and secularism as the primary dogma of the West. Eventually.

RE: World events.

I didn't actually ask a question - only a rhetorical one I have already answered.

Anyway, Buddhism is not the answer, but I respect your beliefs and I regard a Buddhist as preferable to an Atheist.

RE: Do men think all women are gold diggers?

While the cartoon posted by Sawdust Molly was meant as a joke, there is a serious point in there.

It is "socially acceptable" for a woman to expect her man to provide for her financially. Yet it is not "socially acceptable" for a man to expect his woman to provide for him financially.

This double standard is one of the reasons feminism will never work.

RE: The Asia Bibi blasphemy case

I have said it before and I say it again.

This is why the Muslims will win. Because, to put it bluntly, they have balls and we don't.

RE: Solve This Riddle

Presumably the door. Because until you open the door, you do not know who is behind it, nor that these people have come to eat breakfast.

RE: Trump & PM in England

Yes the British political class has no intention of giving the people what they voted for.

Ain't democracy grand?

RE: Do men think all women are gold diggers?

After your nonsense about "mangos" I am relieved to see you redeem yourself with this worthwhile, valid, and grammatically correct point.

RE: U.S. college scandal

Yes, a fair point.

RE: You go to a restaurant - What do you Order?

The correct plural of mango is mangoes. NOT mangos.

Unless you Americans spell this word wrong, like you do with colour, centre, theatre, and various other words, lol.

RE: Do You sleep with and Kiss your Dog(s) ?

Are you saying there is something bad about dogs living inside? I can't think of anything bad about it.

RE: World events.

Your far-left political views also do not align with the silent majority of New Zealanders. But that's life.

Scare-mongering? Keep telling yourself that, if it makes you feel safer. The rest of us know NZ is on a path away from freedom and common sense.

RE: Which do you prefer: with makeup or without makeup?

Can't really tell the difference, to be honest.

RE: 49 Dead in New Zealand

This sort of thing is happening the world over and will continue unabated.

Eventually, Christianity will be banned altogether as "hate speech" unless it conforms to the government's PC agenda (as in Mainland China, where Christianity is banned unless it adheres to the values promoted by the Chinese Communist Party).

RE: You go to a restaurant - What do you Order?

I think we will all find it is mangoes, not mangos.

RE: World events.

Personally, my concern is more that our neo-Marxist governing elite will use this incident to crack down on conservatism, and any non-PC thoughts and expression.

But there is definitely a possibility that this was designed to promote Islam. As I have said on these boards before, the alleged gunman had spent time in Pakistan, and may conceivably be an undercover Jihadist. On the other hand, he might not be. But either way, he has played into the hands of both the Islamists and the far-left PC brigade.

RE: World events.

The writer of this piece shares the same concerns that I do.

RE: Music.....(No Cheese)

RE: World events.

I didn't repeat it lol. I made it up. It is called satire - using exaggeration to make a valid point.

RE: U.S. college scandal

Good girl.

RE: U.S. college scandal

Hehe, no problem, ducky, I will forgive you for ruining my life.

But seriously, this sort of domestic issue is exactly what the USA section is for. Oddly, though, the issues that do interest the rest of the world end up in the USA section, and the ones that don't, don't.

RE: Immigration for and against

Yeah, trying to say mahalo nui loa gets me every time too.

RE: U.S. college scandal

This belongs in the USA section.

The rest of the world couldn't give a monkey's toss about this.

RE: You go to a restaurant - What do you Order?

One of my pet hates is going to a restaurant and finding the kitchen is open and the customers can see into it. YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To me, this is like going to a magic show where, before he does the trick, the magician explains how he's going to do it!

RE: Immigration for and against

We finally have something we can agree on.

I am familiar with the history of US-occupied Hawaii, and am well aware that the occupation and acquisition of Hawaii was clearly illegal in anyone's book. Indeed, even the U.S. government has admitted as much. It is a tragic story. Although what is done is done, and can hardly be undone now.

You are very fond of insulting and abusing New Zealanders. But the fact remains that, unlike Hawaii, the European colonizers did at least acquire this territory legally, from the previous occupants (the Maori, who were earlier colonizers - not indigenous as is often falsely claimed).

RE: Do You sleep with and Kiss your Dog(s) ?

My cat curls up in the bend of my tummy. She is like a hot water bottle in the winter,

RE: Do you think - America - is, was, never was, or never will be democratic?

As the Democrats move further and further to the loony left, they are rapidly conflating the two.......

RE: Immigration for and against

Very few people are either "pro immigration" or "anti immigration".

That is far too simplistic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd like to see a lot more immigration into my country. But of people who share the ethnicity and cultural values of the people already here. Sadly, most of those the government is importing, are not.

RE: 49 Dead in New Zealand

To be fair, all countries have censors, who rate movies R18 or M or PG or whatever. There is nothing unusual about this, nor sinister. Indeed, those of us who deplore the outpouring of filth on our TV and cinema screens actually wish he'd be a little more enthusiastic about his job.

What is perhaps sinister and inappropriate is his ban on the gunman's manifesto. To ban a document of a relevance to current events is, in my view, inappropriate, and sets a dangerous precedent.