tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post114297747783526909..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Parker politicsPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1143056837374957122006-03-23T07:47:00.000+12:002006-03-23T07:47:00.000+12:00Ruth:With all due respect, I wonder if your "corpo...Ruth:<BR/><BR/>With all due respect, I wonder if your "corporate types" are the same folks who bitch and whine about being over-taxed, over-regulated and throttled by heavy-handed Nanny Statism but... (and there's always a but) they can't put their hands out fast enough for corporate welfare, a taste of the pork barrel, or lobby for anti-competitive regulations (as long as it only screws the competition)?<BR/><BR/>Sometimes, I end up looking at the "business community" and mutter 'with friends like this - including the fairweather libertarians in Parliament -, liberty doesn't have any...'Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1143011673823868532006-03-22T19:14:00.000+12:002006-03-22T19:14:00.000+12:00This issue exposes the blogger/blog reader demogra...This issue exposes the blogger/blog reader demographic more than just about anything.<BR/><BR/>I've put this issue to a few corporate types today - who wouldn't know a blog if they ran over it - and the answer is either<BR/><BR/>-everyone does it<BR/>-ask someone who gives a rat's arse<BR/>-it's a technicality<BR/>-who gives a shit<BR/><BR/>This is why the blogging kingdom doesn't move and shake, but 'waddles and twitches' as Dennis said. No one cares except political junkies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1142978938107596842006-03-22T10:08:00.000+12:002006-03-22T10:08:00.000+12:00Perhaps, Peter, but it was eye-watering hypocrisy ...Perhaps, Peter, but it was eye-watering hypocrisy that pissed me off more than the offense itself.<BR/><BR/>Just you try running the "it was a teeny, tiny 'technical' error that hurt nobody, and it's this level of scrutiny that prevents good people from starting businesses" defence with the IRD, and see how much sympathy you get in Helengrad. I think the regulatory libertarianism on the Labour Party front benches will be gone by lunchtime...Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.com