Comments on: Case Withdrawn http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/ Constitutionally-limited government, 1688-2006, RIP. Pass the bananas. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: libertyscott http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8114 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:44:19 +0000 http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8114 Bernard This wont be forgotten, after all we can all now ask regularly whether the money has been paid back - and nobody should stop asking questions about this right up to election day. You've done a sterling job, more than the so-called Opposition ever did. Libertyscott Bernard

This wont be forgotten, after all we can all now ask regularly whether the money has been paid back - and nobody should stop asking questions about this right up to election day.

You’ve done a sterling job, more than the so-called Opposition ever did.

Libertyscott

]]> by: manu http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8062 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:29:52 +0000 http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8062 "Labour’s continue path to complete and utter dictatorship." "It was the NZ equivalent of Watergate." Ahhh, the hyperbole! Fantastic. “Labour’s continue path to complete and utter dictatorship.”
“It was the NZ equivalent of Watergate.”

Ahhh, the hyperbole! Fantastic.

]]> by: Anthony Randell http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8054 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:23:48 +0000 http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8054 Thanks for your efforts here, it is disquieting how little reaction there has been to this case (as NZ rockets further down to into grubby little banana republicdom). Speaking as an Ex-Pat it was fantastic to see someone take the politicians to task over this. It's a shame about the retroactive legislation but that highlights the problem with the lack of accountability or checks in NZ. Thanks for your efforts here, it is disquieting how little reaction there has been to this case (as NZ rockets further down to into grubby little banana republicdom).

Speaking as an Ex-Pat it was fantastic to see someone take the politicians to task over this.

It’s a shame about the retroactive legislation but that highlights the problem with the lack of accountability or checks in NZ.

]]> by: Eric Crampton http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8048 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:40:54 +0000 http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8048 Disgusting that a government can do this. You're wrong though that we're entirely dependent on the character of the people who populate Parliament. It's worse than that. Rather, we're entirely reliant on the population having what James Buchanan called a "constitutional spirit". A Constitution, whether written or unwritten, cannot enforce itself; it relies on the voting public caring that it be enforced. If all that mattered were the character of the people in Parliament, voting them out would be a relatively simple matter. When nobody cares that the Constitution is tossed aside at the convenience of the governing party, we have a rather more difficult problem. Disgusting that a government can do this. You’re wrong though that we’re entirely dependent on the character of the people who populate Parliament. It’s worse than that. Rather, we’re entirely reliant on the population having what James Buchanan called a “constitutional spirit”. A Constitution, whether written or unwritten, cannot enforce itself; it relies on the voting public caring that it be enforced. If all that mattered were the character of the people in Parliament, voting them out would be a relatively simple matter. When nobody cares that the Constitution is tossed aside at the convenience of the governing party, we have a rather more difficult problem.

]]> by: Kane Bunce http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8044 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:31:17 +0000 http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8044 It is sad really. I was rooting for you to win the case, but now it has become an inevitable victim of Labour's continue path to complete and utter dictatorship. And if anyone doesn't believe they are heading that way I suggest they compare Labour to dictators. There are massive similarities. To quote Callum, "Only in third world banana republics/dictatorships would this be so ignored as here." he is 100% right. It is sad really. I was rooting for you to win the case, but now it has become an inevitable victim of Labour’s continue path to complete and utter dictatorship. And if anyone doesn’t believe they are heading that way I suggest they compare Labour to dictators. There are massive similarities. To quote Callum, “Only in third world banana republics/dictatorships would this be so ignored as here.” he is 100% right.

]]> by: iiq374 http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8043 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:38:08 +0000 http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8043 Darnton - we still thank you for your hard work on this; now we all still need to make sure this isn't forgotten come the next election. So does any party have the balls to make the (retrospective) repeal of the retrospective validation part of their election platform? Darnton - we still thank you for your hard work on this; now we all still need to make sure this isn’t forgotten come the next election.

So does any party have the balls to make the (retrospective) repeal of the retrospective validation part of their election platform?

]]> by: Callum http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8032 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:15:12 +0000 http://www.darntonvsclark.org/2007/01/19/case-withdrawn/#comment-8032 Shows you how corrupt New Zealand really is. And what should've been the biggest issue in New Zealand this decade or even two decades is hopelessly ignored by New Zealanders, who've blindly followed the government. If this happened anywhere else in the Western World, it would be huge news. It was the NZ equivalent of Watergate. Only in third world banana republics/dictatorships would this be so ignored as here. Shows you how corrupt New Zealand really is. And what should’ve been the biggest issue in New Zealand this decade or even two decades is hopelessly ignored by New Zealanders, who’ve blindly followed the government. If this happened anywhere else in the Western World, it would be huge news. It was the NZ equivalent of Watergate. Only in third world banana republics/dictatorships would this be so ignored as here.

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