tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post406986323529624570..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Contradictory crime figuresLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-34808057182885822932010-04-12T23:33:23.726+12:002010-04-12T23:33:23.726+12:00David, you and Boscowen are basically the only two...David, you and Boscowen are basically the only two MPs in parliament we can trust! <br /><br />It's great you're commenting here! If only the rest of your party would stand up to Key, stand up for our rights, stop borrowing billions to pay benefits, and give the police the tools to shoot down the crime rate, NZ would be a far far better placeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-60364528507925218932010-04-12T15:58:57.627+12:002010-04-12T15:58:57.627+12:00Lindsay and Mike – this is correct. I would have ...Lindsay and Mike – this is correct. I would have liked to have written in reply to Tapu Misa’s column, but the Herald has flat-out refused to even consider publishing anything from me since becoming an MP. <br /><br />I have written something in response on my own blog however – it can be found here http://www.davidgarrett.org.nz/?p=793<br /><br />The mainstream media seemingly finds presenting all sides of a story too much work. It’s no wonder their readership’s declining.David Garretthttp://www.davidgarrett.org.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-86966811762704761252010-04-12T11:44:10.355+12:002010-04-12T11:44:10.355+12:00I know David Garrett has written for the Herald in...I know David Garrett has written for the Herald in his former life, but haven't seen anything since he became an MP. I suspect the Herald just isn't publishing anything he submits to them. (Media are useless at publishing articles and letters written by MPs. This does the public a disservice - shouldn't the media encourage open communication between MPs and their constituents?)<br /><br />I saw David speak at Maxim's Auckland lecture and Tapu Misa would have done well to have attended herself. <br />If she had, she would have learnt that the abortion theory rings hollow, and California still has a declining violent crime rate despite 16 percent unemployment. The latter figure makes a mockery of her link between unemployment and violent crime.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-19084781421623071572010-04-12T09:03:51.179+12:002010-04-12T09:03:51.179+12:00It looks like the simplest possible explanation of...It looks like the simplest possible explanation of falling crime rates in the US is neglected, namely the increase of private gun ownership.Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03208575304505689135noreply@blogger.com