Now, How Silly Can You Get?

Schools call police over violence

Police officers have been called to schools in England more than 7,000 times in the past year to deal with violence, according to figures obtained by the Tories.
Shadow children's secretary Michael Gove said the statistics were "very worrying". The figures were obtained by the Tories under a Freedom of Information request, to which 25 out of 39 police forces responded.
Each force was asked how many times they were called on to school premises for an attempted or actual violent crime in 2007/08. The figures revealed that there were 7,311 violent incidents in schools during this time. The Metropolitan Police were summoned the most, with 2,698 calls, while Thames Valley had 697 calls and Kent had 425. City of London police had just one incident.

Now if, like in South Auckland, police were placed in schools such figures would be fudged some what. But as New Zealand tends to follow what occurs in UK schools, what have we to look forward to?

What It Is To Be Green.

WHY an interview?

Chris Kahui: Exclusive interview.

Why would they do it?

... this could only ever have been to present a position of self-righteousness, an image incompatible with any involvement in such a heinous crime and associated 'stone walling.'

Sometimes Just Sometimes, The Norm Is Frightening.

The New Zealand Defence Force is using former All Black Norm Hewitt to educate soldiers about drinking responsibly.

Celia Lashlie and Norm Hewitt ... Norm was firmly established in the hearts of New Zealanders through his honest and public account of the harmful effects of alcohol on his life and his time on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’

Oh yes ... when 'hitching one's banner' to behaviour that only excessive alcohol ingestion can mitgate against ... indeed a good role model and educator ... a product of Hawkes Bay, truly a flag for the furtherance of responsible drinking, an ambassador for the Hawkes Bay Vintners ...

Prison plans could trigger 'mental health timebomb'

National's plans to increase the prison muster will compound existing mental health issues in prisons ...

Chief Ombudsman Beverley Wakem yesterday sounded a warning about large numbers of inmates with untreated mental illnesses, which she said posed dangers staff, other prisoners and the afflicted inmates themselves.

Ms Wakem's background is in broadcasting, public relations and consulting, much of the latter to the state sector. Aha ...

An increase in prisoners being held in crammed conditions would exacerbate mental illness, making treatment more difficult, ultimately putting the whole community at risk, Ms Turei said.
"Mental illness and lack of medical care contributes to crime," she said.

A career spanning resource management law, anarcho-feminist performance, political internship with the ALCP and the McGillicuddies and unemployed rights activism ... and the youngest of the Green MPs ... Aha ...

Unfortunately the only way to effectively impact on criminal behaviour is to ensure consequences have a high probability of succeeding the behaviour and that those conseqences effectively stop the behaviour ... this is somewhat difficult to achieve given the rantings of such apparently sensible, humanitarian propagandists, with such minimal experience in that of which they believe they can talk so authortatively.