Firearms charges?

[boomer]

Hang on, we castigate all unlicenced drivers/riders yet an activist with absolutely no respect for the "white mans" law can fire a weapon in public, without the correct licence????

Fucking nuts mate. Does that mean I can run around with an unlicenced weapon? Sweet.

yeah bro.. tell 'em you have a 'rara' licence!! you look as black as the next islander to me

This little black boys gonna go cut down some trees.... back soon.........

[diggydog]

look there seems to be a law for them and another law for us, so who is the one under priveledged.
look even our cops are getting the bash, as if trying to keep order and female cops need to be helped out by male offices when gets too tough.

[boomer]

...He could also 'apparently' have been done for desecrating the NZ flag, but it is reported that this was enough of a message.

If spittin on the Queen is acceptable.. then im sure wiping your ass with the kiwi flag aint a biggie. Lets put things into perspective here white boy!!

[Grahameeboy]

look there seems to be a law for them and another law for us, so who is the one under priveledged.
look even our cops are getting the bash, as if trying to keep order and female cops need to be helped out by male offices when gets too tough.

Yep sadly it happens when there are minority issues.......easy way to blame someone else.....racism comes to mind but racism also happens to whites too, just it seems to be assumed otherwise.

[sAsLEX]

Call me old fashioned but personally I think intentionally descrating our flag should be worth at least 100 lashes in public if not a good old noose.

Would quite happily walk over to the guy smack him over the head and set him on fire, and I know quite a few people that would do the same, alot of people have died and still fight for that flag and what right does he have to burn it!

[SPman]

This Iti fool gets far too much airtime - he is just a silly little fat man with stupid tough stickers on his face ....

I wish the media would stop broadcasting anything he says or does

No stickers there, mate - all his own...

[98tls]

does the fat bastard have a job?maybe if he did then we wouldnt have to see his stupid fat arse on our televisions...get a job raise some kids and pay the mortgage and he will be to busy for all that activist crap...its 2006 he needs to just accept that fact and move on,all he is doing is inciting racism which in said year there is no place for and as a country would be better off without.

[Swoop]

The simple issue here is public safety.
The person convicted, used a firearm in a public place. Period.
Live rounds of ammunition were fired. Also by looking at the angle at which they were fired, there existed the possibilty of a ricochet which could have injured a nearby person.

At the very least OSH should press for charges to be laid for the environment in which this event occurred.

[sAsLEX]

At the very least OSH should press for charges to be laid for the environment in which this event occurred.

Are Maraes covered under OSH!?



seriousish question

[Winston001]

Is that on US soil though? I could be wrong, but I'm sure defacing the US flag on their soil can get you into a huge amount of trouble with a few govt authorities

Yes but No. They get hugely upset but the US Supreme Court has consistantly upheld the right to desecrate the flag:

Flag Desecration Amendment (1990, 1995, 1997, 1999-2000, 2001, 2003, 2005-2006): Congress has made seven attempts to overrule the U.S. Supreme Court by passing a constitutional amendment making an exception to the First Amendment in order to allow the government to ban flag desecration. In 1990, when the amendment was first brought up, it failed to achieve the necessary two-thirds majority in the House. After the Republican congressional takeover of 1994, it has consistently passed the House but failed in the Senate.

[Kickaha]

Yes but No. They get hugely upset but the US Supreme Court has consistantly upheld the right to desecrate the flag:

Flag Desecration Amendment (1990, 1995, 1997, 1999-2000, 2001, 2003, 2005-2006): Congress has made seven attempts to overrule the U.S. Supreme Court by passing a constitutional amendment making an exception to the First Amendment in order to allow the government to ban flag desecration. In 1990, when the amendment was first brought up, it failed to achieve the necessary two-thirds majority in the House. After the Republican congressional takeover of 1994, it has consistently passed the House but failed in the Senate.

It was reported in the Chch Press that they voted on it again two days ago and again it failed to to get the two thirds majority

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/...174268993.html

[MD]

Would quite happily walk over to the guy smack him over the head and set him on fire, and I know quite a few people that would do the same, alot of people have died and still fight for that flag and what right does he have to burn it!

Totally agree. What gave him the right to insult an emblem of this nation that so many hard working generations before us hacked out of the bush and died for in wars.
That bit pissed me off more than the firearms thing. I look forward to a whitie starting the inaugural 'shoot a tiki in a crowded place' Settlers cutural tradition and getting away with it- yeah right.

[Deano]

If spittin on the Queen is acceptable.. then im sure wiping your ass with the kiwi flag aint a biggie. Lets put things into perspective here white boy!!

??????

10 confused ch

[Swoop]

Are Maraes covered under OSH!?



seriousish question

I would imagine any place of public gathering would be under their jurisdiction.
Correct me if I'm wrong though.

[Winston001]

Are Maraes covered under OSH!?



serious question

Actually that's a bloody good question. Yes they are if they are a place of work = paid employment. But otherwise, No. OSH only applies to workplaces.

Funnily enough you can smoke on a marae to your heart(attack)s content but not in other gathering places.