Comments on: NZ Prostitution Law Review Committee: Report

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:16:03 +0000

Grant, the fact that we have discussed this already and you still choose to ignore the boundaries of this blog astounds me.

Your last comment was deleted because you called him stupid and a moron. By your standards that might be acceptable, by mine it is not and it is the boundaries of this blog that you must adhere to if you wish to comment here, whether you like those boundaries or not.

I will not discuss this any further with you. You have three options:

1. Continue to ignore me and carry on as you are, commenting in such a way that will see you banned without any further warning.
2. Simply move on if you do not like the restrictions in place.
3. Work within the boundaries of the blog and continue to agree and disagree whenever you see fit, furthering your ideas and arguments within the guidelines set forth – holding your tongue where necessary to maintain the standards requested.

The choice is yours. I will sleep easy whichever option you choose

By: Grant Dexter

Grant Dexter — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:02:08 +0000

If he says something stupid I will be banned for calling him stupid.

Sorry, Frank. That’s a really stupid standard.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:04:59 +0000

As stated, some of your disagreement was warranted. As already warned, you won’t be banned for disagreement or “speaking sense”, you will be banned for personal insults and name calling. I don’t care how justifiable you think it is.

If I see it once more I will ban you.

By: Grant Dexter

Grant Dexter — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:39:20 +0000

Dude, what he said was utterly without merit. And you’re going to ban the guy speaking sense?

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:51:14 +0000

Philip, may I once again suggest here that you read the whole conversation and the post you are choosing to comment on, then comment accordingly so your comment fits the nature of the conversation rather than simply expressing your own sentiment on the wider issue of prostitution.

This post is about the perceived bias of a specific committee dealing with a specific piece of legislation in New Zealand.

By: Grant Dexter

Grant Dexter — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:12:27 +0000

[comment deleted]

Note: Grant, your disagreements with Patrick were warranted and a reasonable response would have been left, but you have already been warned about some of the other stuff you said. Calling someone stupid or a “moron” again will result in you being banned. The inclusion of such things is what caused this comment to be deleted.

By: philip patrick

philip patrick — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:58:48 +0000

here we go again, if someone wants to be a prostitute, let her be one. If someone wants to be a drug dealer, let him be one. If someone wants to do bad, we can not stop him or her with heartless comments in type on an dam internet. The best we can do human beings and people is tell them and show them the proper way to live as we think. now is that right or not, we don’t know. its only our way of thinking. so give our way of thinking and we have done our job. we can not change people, we can not make someone do what we want. GOD DONT NEED YOUR HELP IN CHANGING SOMEONES WAYS. Give your thoughts, then its out of your hands. If they decide to live their live a different way then yours. Then who knows. No one knows, will you go to heaven, will they go to heaven. Let me tell you this. No matter what kind of people they are in this world. If you search, and really try to find the truth, and you dont make excuses for yourself, you have done all a person is required to do. What more could you do. So take that and no matter what anyone else tells you, or what you see, do what you have honestly tried, and what you have give your whole heart too. Then leave everyone else alone. You can not save them. ONLY God can save them. Give them you knowledge, give them your wisdom, then your hands are washed of the matter. If you keep on bothering them, and you keep on putting them down, you are only destroying your chance at salvation. Please heed my words.

By: Grant Dexter

Grant Dexter — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:40:04 +0000

I wonder if it’s even possible to “through in God”…

Regardless, there are some things that will never change regardless of democracy’s prowess.

1) It will never be OK to murder no matter what any committee says.
2) It will never be OK to kidnap no matter what any committee says.
3) It will never be OK to steal no matter what any committee says.
4) It will never be OK to rape no matter what any committee says.

So, regardless of your rejection of God, my insistence that prostitution is wrong is right in line with other moral standards.

Democracy is stupid because people like you become easily convinced that issues like this can be rightly decided by a majority. Facts are the majority is, quite commonly, wrong. And wrong in the most egregious of fashions.

By: James M

James M — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:38:44 +0000

Grant Dexter.

I think you’ll find that as we live in a democracy that serves not just your delusional beliefs. As such, committee’s and laws that serve the greater, public good, have such authority. You should appreciate it.

I’m sure you moral compass has gone crazy with all this, but the fact is, the oldest profession is a danger to the workers who deserve protection and rights under the rights of humankind.

You cannot just through in ‘God’ and expect that be argument enough on why laws should or should not be passed.

By: Grant Dexter

Grant Dexter — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:18:33 +0000

Discussing the nature of the committee is a red herring. No committee has the right to introduce or manage regulations that legalise prostitution.

The only biblical response to prostitution is that it is a criminal act. If you concede that the views of a committee have authority over God’s law then you’ve lost every moral foundation available to you.