tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post4874061115875085400..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Child death claims don't stack upLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-322999510403095252008-09-15T20:16:00.000+12:002008-09-15T20:16:00.000+12:00Look at the recent stats for violent crime, murder...Look at the recent stats for violent crime, murder, child abuse, etc,<BR/><BR/><B>they've all been on an upward trend for the last 9 years</B><BR/><BR/>now compare Lindsay's graph - or any graph - of crimes with the governing party - and the correlation is clear:<BR/><BR/><B>Labour kills kids</B><BR/><BR/>Basically Labour governments go soft on crims, help people stay on benefits so they do more crime to pass the time.<BR/><BR/>National (and especially National/ACT governments) care about people, reduce benefits so people have to <B>work for a living</B> and beef up the police and prisons so that criminals do not walk the streets.<BR/><BR/>As John Key said - when RadioSocialism asked him "What can you offer the people of South Auckland" he replied "Safe Streets"<BR/><BR/><B>Labour kills kids</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-40024456466870910262008-09-15T17:00:00.000+12:002008-09-15T17:00:00.000+12:00I don't understand your last comment, Mojo. Are y...I don't understand your last comment, Mojo. Are you excusing crime/s because of benefit reduction? (I'm loathe to use the term "poverty" in a high-welfare state like NZ).<BR/><BR/>If so, what an insult to NZ'ers who lived through the Great Depression, and the legions of current low-income earners who wouldn't dream of committing crimes and/or neglecting their children.<BR/><BR/>Or have I misunderstood your comment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-87860348045541961792008-09-14T17:57:00.000+12:002008-09-14T17:57:00.000+12:00A bit of deja vu here Lindsay ... I also have the ...A bit of deja vu here Lindsay ... I also have the feeling that burglaries and rapes increased in the same period. Probably something to do with, 'define the situation and you define the person's behaviour.' I am sure Cactus Kate knows a bit about this.<BR/>Additionally, I'm pretty sure you'll find a pretty rapid increase in benefit fraud in the same period ... this period of ideologically driven social engineering, under the guise of economic necessity, was an unmitigated failure from which we still suffer the 'collateral damage.'mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400094599778512902noreply@blogger.com