A victory for common sense and democracy

datePosted on 11:27, September 17th, 2009 by Lew

… these are the sort of words Michael Laws would be using if the decision to spell Whanganui incorrectly had been endorsed by the NZ Geographic Board, so I feel justified in using similar language given that the decision has gone my way.

As I have argued at great length, this is a good decision. I’ll work through the details of the submissions when I get time, hopefully tonight.

L

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3 Responses to “A victory for common sense and democracy”

  1. Eddie Clark on September 17th, 2009 at 13:12

    … these are the sort of words Michael Laws would be using if the decision to spell Whanganui incorrectly had been endorsed by the NZ Geographic Board, so I feel justified in using similar language given that the decision has gone my way.

    As opposed to the words he’s actually losing because he lost, which include “racist” and “anti-democratic.” F**k that man is an ass.

    Also – the verification words for me were “Shorefront bordello.” Awesome.

  2. SPC on September 18th, 2009 at 22:00

    However it’s not hard to see the Minister deciding that both spellings can be used.

  3. SPC on December 18th, 2009 at 18:47

    The decision was unsurprising.

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