chevy86 2,704 Report post Posted March 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Insider said: Maybe, just maybe she was at the Mosque. There are 2 mosques in ChCh and they are both closed as crime scenes. Ardern was in ChCh. I fully understand the protocol when entering a mosque and have observed such in the Blue Mosque in Istanbul myself. So I stand by the sentiments of my earlier post. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,825 Report post Posted March 17, 2019 Now we have this idiot suggesting the Crusaders should change their name......give me a break..... https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/384900/the-crusaders-have-to-change-their-name-and-change-it-now Catalano 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,700 Report post Posted March 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ohokaman said: Now we have this idiot suggesting the Crusaders should change their name......give me a break..... https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/384900/the-crusaders-have-to-change-their-name-and-change-it-now The Hurricanes must also change their name as there is an ill wind blowing up from the above journalist. The Highlanders also must change,Rob Roy was a blood thirsty thug, The Chiefs name must also be canned as NZ is becoming a land of no Chiefs but plenty of Indians(no pun intended) The Blues well they can keep their name based on their current results. Basil brush 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis2 1,078 Report post Posted March 17, 2019 Why bring this up? Insider 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,869 Report post Posted March 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, Memphis2 said: Why bring this up? My thoughts exactly. tonkatime, badger, slam dunk and 3 others 4 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdt 291 Report post Posted March 18, 2019 Hi Racecafe folk. Just to say thanks for the many kind thoughts expressed to the people of Christchurch. Personally and as a family it hit hard as I am a teacher at the school that lost 2 current students and 1 ex student. Other students lost family members. Today was very tough but we got through with the love and support of those around us.. My wife is a nurse at Christchurch Public and was on duty when the victims were coming in. She went on duty just after 2.00pm as did many others and I picked her up at 12.20am Saturday morning totally shattered. I know people can and do make comments about what the PM was wearing, should the Crusaders change their name etc all fair enough but for many that is so trivial right now as we just cope with all the mixture of emotions we have. Again thanks and tomorrow is a new day and we will push on just like we did in 2011 Red Rum, elbow, Maximus and 4 others 4 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis2 1,078 Report post Posted March 18, 2019 Well said. And thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,869 Report post Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, kdt said: Hi Racecafe folk. Just to say thanks for the many kind thoughts expressed to the people of Christchurch. Personally and as a family it hit hard as I am a teacher at the school that lost 2 current students and 1 ex student. Other students lost family members. Today was very tough but we got through with the love and support of those around us.. My wife is a nurse at Christchurch Public and was on duty when the victims were coming in. She went on duty just after 2.00pm as did many others and I picked her up at 12.20am Saturday morning totally shattered. I know people can and do make comments about what the PM was wearing, should the Crusaders change their name etc all fair enough but for many that is so trivial right now as we just cope with all the mixture of emotions we have. Again thanks and tomorrow is a new day and we will push on just like we did in 2011 Thank you for sharing yes the time for little back biting and nit picking is not now we all need to come together as a people as humans and support each and everyone of us, this is NZ not some redneck backwater...please lets just let people see the good there is in all of us...cheers... I really hope your wife can get through this and please thank her so much for the great job she did in unbelievably tough circumstances... stay strong everyone. I also think Jacinda has shown strong leadership, great communication and has been open and honest that things need to change... I think she deserves a pat on the back...at least for a few days...hats off to her.JMO elbow, Stables, Insider and 3 others 4 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdt 291 Report post Posted March 18, 2019 48 minutes ago, scooby3051 said: Thank you for sharing yes the time for little back biting and nit picking is not now we all need to come together as a people as humans and support each and everyone of us, this is NZ not some redneck backwater...please lets just let people see the good there is in all of us...cheers... I really hope your wife can get through this and please thank her so much for the great job she did in unbelievably tough circumstances... stay strong everyone. I also think Jacinda has shown strong leadership, great communication and has been open and honest that things need to change... I think she deserves a pat on the back...at least for a few days...hats off to her.JMO Thank you so much for your kind words. I backed a different runner in the last election race but have to totally agree with you re Jacinda Ardern. She has been very strong in the face of an unprecedented event in this country's history. scooby3051, kilcoyne, Phantom and 3 others 5 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slam dunk 1,317 Report post Posted March 21, 2019 Well for a few days we had a break from Islamophobia in the mainstream media i.e. digital, talkback, TV. radio, blogs etc. I notice Newstalk ZB relieved their biggest Islamaphobe this week from his shift i.e. Bruce Russell. However TVNZ is back in action with its Islamophobia with the ISIS warning story. These audio recordings have surfaced from time to time all unauthenticated all designed to work with reverse psychology to instill some sort of fear about Muslims. Overseas news outfits are wary of the origins of these recordings and qualify the stories. Not TVNZ however. Small minds can only grasp certain aspects like "The Crusaders thinking changing their name - must blame Muslims for that" or as we have already seen on here complaints about Jacinda Ardern wearing her head scarf. Yes I can see come next week it will be business as usual for the Islamophobes. Memphis2 and Insider 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,869 Report post Posted March 21, 2019 Beautiful... Pam Robson, Red Rum and Littletramp 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Robson 1,547 Report post Posted March 22, 2019 Magnificent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,700 Report post Posted March 23, 2019 Looks like normal service has resumed in NZ. Police investigating the suspicious death of a toddler in Little Waihi. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...