Tuesday, November 20, 2007

White Ribbon Day

I wonder if this guy will be wearing a white ribbon tomorrow?
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8 comments:

Kevin said...

Yes I'm hoping to attend some of the white ribbon functions for Neighbourhood Support.

But its given me a good idea - don't only wear a gag on the protest tomorrow, wear a black ribbon for the death of democracy well.

6:11 PM
Cactus Kate said...

Good grief. Don't let my mother read this. A 4 year age gap!

3:11 AM
ZenTiger said...

This is an issue for Women's refuge to promote. Not the Family Commission. Why can't they at least do something to underscore the positive role model fathers provide in a family - a campaign which inspires all fathers to raise their game, not reinforce violence in some complex psychological accentuation of a problem.

With the left it is all about blame, guilt and pointless exercises that will have no real impact. The more tax payer money wasted on that process, the better.

9:30 PM
ZenTiger said...

Cactus - it was no doubt the bit where she discovered that the relationship started 4 years ago that got her angry. Probably best all the facts were not brought to light. It might imply a reasonable response in the situation.

9:32 PM
Lindsay Mitchell said...

Zentiger, Do you know more than the Waikato Times told us?

9:44 PM
ZenTiger said...

Hi Lindsay. The only thing I know is that the Family Commission was essentially already covered by initiatives within MSD, before being split out to its own commission by Dunne, with a budget of 30 million in its first year.

All its managed to do is two years of white ribbons and endorse the "flexible hours" legislation by the Greens.

Its simply my personal opinion that the White Ribbon initiative is best sponsored by a place like Women's Refuge, who already believe most men are bastards (not that I blame them since they are in the thick of some of the worst cases), and getting other men to wear a ribbon in support of that concept would be about par for the course.

The government could have donated the money to women's refuge for that campaign - although I dare say when push came to shove, they'd have found a better use for the money.

As for the commission coming out to support various party policies (in this case, the Greens), well, I just don't see that as an amazing accomplishment given the multi-million dollar investment in this group.

To be fair, I have no real idea what they are doing and what else they may have possibly achieved. The concept of supporting families is an excellent one - I'm just skeptical that the government should be involved in this. I'd rather they supported NGO and special interest groups in various ways (possibly free advertising slots on National Radio and TV1) than actually run a department for this. Mind you, they'd possibly stuff that up too. They'd probably give 100% of the time to pro-abortion groups and lawyers with hints on how to get a quick divorce.

I promise myself to look into the Family Commission and write a more objective assessment of what they are up to. I may be pleasantly surprised.

(You can't fault my optimism, can you)

12:47 AM
ZenTiger said...

Ah - sorry, you were asking about the 4 year age gap.

No, just a bloody good guess.

12:50 AM
ZenTiger said...

Wow. I must be psychic. Different case, similar point: Informed Consent

11:51 PM

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