Parliament media restrictions

[Babelfish]

...Sundays as I'm a keen golfer......

Ok, you ruined it right there

[ynot slow]

To stop the sleepy sickness prevelent in parliament,perhaps Helen could call for a mass debate,now and then.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Ok, you ruined it right there

lol....and if you've never played golf, my advice to you is never start. C*nt of a game. But that's what makes you keep going back.

There's somethig strangely satisfying about belting shit out of golf balls though.....especially when you start hitting them where you want them to go.

[Skyryder]

Yeah? What time do you get to work? and What time do you go home? have you contemplated why they are asleep? These guys work very long hours and generally 24/7. And when its question time, they all have to show up so what better time for a snooze if you dont have to answer any questions? Being a politician isnt yer average 9-5 deal so while I expect them to act polically professional, I understand why they do what they do....most of the time



Really, that easy eh? Like I said above, their jobs are a little different to ours. And act like everyone else? There's a few people I wouldnt like them acting like!

As long as the media reports evenly on the politicians then I'm happy. If they do something illegal then I'd want to know about it. If they pulling he fingers a someone, or sleeping in the chamber at question time, I couldnt give a rats arse.

Whenever there's something in the news, remember to ask yourself "why is this being reported?" You may start seeing things you hadnt seen before. Alternatively, soak up all the bullshit and live whinging.

I expect some civility and good manners. I also expect them to be alert when they are in Parliment as our representatives. Anything less is an insult to me as their employer. This photo ban is just an excuse for their continued bad manners to each other and 'skiving' on the job.

Skyryder

[Babelfish]

I expect some civility and good manners. I also expect them to be alert when they are in Parliment as our representatives. Anything less is an insult to me as their employer. This photo ban is just an excuse for their continued bad manners to each other and 'skiving' on the job.

Skyryder

ok, I didnt explain a bit. During question time, its pretty straight forward. Each minister gets asked set questions. They know what the basic structure of questions are before they get there. So say the minister of walnuts knows he needs to be in the chamber, but also knows that none of the questions relate to his ministry...it doesnt matter if he is awake or not, as long as someone wakes him for the vote....not that that matters any more as that is only counted on how many people are seated rather than the ol ayes or nays bizzo. When a question is asked, a (hopefully) researched question is returned, then next question, then next answer...bla.bla.bla. Its debating and hopefully means that the govt is on its toes. BUT, poor old minister of walnuts is sitting there having to listed to a bunch of questions to minister of grapefruit, and then the minister of testicles and so on and so on....I'm not going to hold it against him to snooze as long as he's on the ball when the opposition wants to asks about the current batch of micronutrient chlorosis.

[Curious_AJ]

reminds me of a book i read in 7th form called The Handmaid's Tale... their society is pretty close to what ours could EASILY turn into....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid's_Tale.html

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/science_f.../handmaid.html

[Swoop]

They are employees. OUR employees...

With the amount of businesses now having cameras installed in their workplaces to monitor their staff, there is no problem showing to the world the level of intelligence being displayed by our leaders.

Gagging the media is another step towards dictatorship.

The media are allowed to report the facts. Hopefully they will show items like "Here is Parekura (who ate all the pies?) Horomia fast asleep in Parliament. In other news tonight...." (Not anything other than a stated fact!).

[Skyryder]

They are employees. OUR employees...

I'm almost tempted to send the next sleeping poly a written warning and send a copy to the media.

Now that would send the cat among the pidgeons.

Skyryder

[Babelfish]

The media are allowed to report the facts.

FUCK, good luck to anyone who knows or even remembers when the media gave a flying fuck about facts.

Hopefully they will show items like "Here is Parekura (who ate all the pies?) Horomia fast asleep in Parliament. In other news tonight...." (Not anything other than a stated fact!).

If they're reporting on someone sleeping its because they cant be arsed reporting on debated questions such as "how many people have slipped through our border controls and what are we doing about them?" The media are being told to do something because they can no longer be trusted to act responsibly