Duncan McCormack

the 'raise the super age' crowd claim the number of workers per superannuitant is getting unsustainably low. Not true, for 2 reasons. 1) more working age women are actually working than previously 2) kids are dependents, too. including them, the dependency ratio is *improving*

plain English - or more precisely the exact words I used, “in the spirit of the same free speech you’re enjoying to express your views, my view is …. you should find yourself another job.” That does not mean “You should be fired.” Do you understand the difference? It was my view on what I thought YOU should do - not what I thought OTHERS should do. (Capitalising to hopefully underline the plain English meaning). You were free to dismiss my view - which you rather robustly did as it happens. While we are here - why did you think it was appropriate to suggest people should compile a list of people you saw as “the backers of the far right in NZ mainstream politics”, immediately after someone you described as a “white supremicist far right figure” was shot dead on a university campus? That really concerned me - I didn’t highlight it given the febrile atmosphere at the time.