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Violence Defined

Mon 8th May 2006:

Violence is any act or conscious ommission which is ‘designed’ to injure a third party. Thus fraud is violence, as is theft, and cheating. One could argue that an employer, forcing an employee to work extremely extended hours, thus leaving little or time left for his or family to be an act of violence against […]

Violence – What is it???

We hear this word so much these days that the interpretation becomes blurred. For instance :- fervour: intensity of feeling or expression Violence in this interpretation is a positive emotion. In order to stop someone injuring property or someone else do you commit an act of violence?? Can readers please supply this post with the […]

The Mike Paterson Case.

While Officers of the New Zealand Family Court have immunity from criminal prosecution and the Commissioner of the IRD, can recover money carte blanch then men in this country need to fear for their wellbeing.

Temper Temper Temper

Having spoken to some of the protesters who have been on the recent crusade against the family court I am surprised to hear about the nature of the behaviour of some of the New Zealand Family Court Staff.

The Sleeping Giant is Awakening!

Sun 7th May 2006:

A response to Siomon Maude appointed apologist of the lawyers and Peter Boshier chief spin doctor of the Family Court.

Reply To Maude

Sat 6th May 2006:

Maude says…. To take action against family lawyers at their homes will not effect changes to the system but will cause distress to their children and the children of the neighbourhood who, not surprisingly, find demonstrations outside their homes intimidating and frightening. Simon Maude Chair One has to wonder exactly which planet Mr Maude lives […]

Demonstrations at lawyers’ homes

Media release from the Family Law Section: Simon Maude is the Chair of the Family Law Section of the New Zealand Law Society. He expresses concern about the recent picketing of family lawyers’ homes by members of a men’s group in the Auckland area, as follows. Recently, the website of a group of men issued […]

A new Change

Fri 5th May 2006:

This is directed at those that post and comment. Well, you know me and more than most people I will meet. (Funnny how a blog site is different than a vocal conversation). Anyhow, now I am being held accountable. Thanks to Starrs comment, i have been e-mailed about things that are of value to womenz.org.nz, […]

CYFS Violence

As Al asserts, bullying is best described as one person forcing their opinion on another, irrespective of the others’ rights to hold an alternate opinion. And further, that all bullies ‘are’ intrinsically’ cowards. No better example can been seen in the actions of the CYFSterhood. Bereft of any tangible evidence in support, the CYFSterhood have […]

Nuffs enuff

Thu 4th May 2006:

Well the lids coming off Why, can someone explain is so much emphasis put in to mens violence. Also why are there mens stopping violence groups, (although its really precious little), and why are agencies not into change or stopping violence groups for women? Why have I been supporting freinds who are verbally abused and […]

50 Years On.

You can’t change history, but on the day you always have a choice.

Domestic violence AGAIN…..

Any way guys watch out for this preacher, I didn’t catch his name, but now you are not only a physical and sexual threat to your children, you are an emotional one too.

Women’s Violence

Given that we men can be accused of violence for merely swearing, why is it that so many of the ‘experts’ refuse to acknowledge the non-physical, but equally damaging violence in which so many women indulge. When it comes to the application of manipulative, emotional violence, women lead the numbers by a country mile. But […]

Quebec Father Hunger Striker Thanks Supporters From All Over the World (Including New Zealanders)

Wed 3rd May 2006:

Quebec Father On Hunger Strike Gets Justice Minister’s Letter Promising Action on His Court Ordered Access
( It seems a father has to go to the wall to get the government to act on a father’s behalf)

PAS

Parental Alienation Syndrome: How to Detect It and What to Do About It – But May not help in NZ ?

Court Today

Tue 2nd May 2006:

I thought we might get some resolution today. But no. More process. The judge could quite easily have stated, ‘Let’s get this mess to a substantive hearing.’ But no, he wanted more process. But at least I got to see the vile lawyer for child (de Luen) squirm when it was announced my girl’s mother […]

Facts Will Win

Mon 1st May 2006:

Project Spotlight, and similar initiatives, is exactly how we all need to progress. If all we ever do is complain, yet provide no substantive information to support our complaints, then the system will simply ignore us. We, also, need to get a Spotlight-like programme going. And that is exactly why I have been asking you […]

Project SPOTLIGHT

New Project from the World Fathers Union

The curse of Testosterone???

Testosterone has a bad reputation. Its public image is always linked to the idea of dumb aggression, to the caveman. But this is misleading. Satoshi Kanazawa at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, studied the biographies of 280 scientists and plotted their intellectual achievements against their ages. He discovered something extremely revealing: the curves of […]

Justice in Action.

Here is a story you could use as a parallel. Imagine this was a Rape case and the Judge let the “Alleged” offender walk free.

Data Base

Sun 30th April 2006:

Hi all, I hope the protest went well today. I wish to create a data-base of terms and phrases the CYFSterhood have trotted out in the past. Such phrases as ‘Codependent’, ‘passive-aggressive abuser’, ‘potentially violent,’ ‘socio-path’, ‘pornofile’, ‘alcohol dependent’, ‘alcohol abuser’, ‘feotal alcohol syndrome,’ ’emotional dependence syndrome,’ ‘can’t accept he’s a scum-sucking male syndrome’, and […]

The Prodi-gal Daughter.

The Australian Judiciary has treated us with the contempt we deserve, so we must look to the person whom through her own behaviour and political interference has brought the New Zealand justice system into disrepute.

Al Qaeda offered new base in NZ

Sat 29th April 2006:

????? ?? ???? ?? ??? ?? ???? Open letter to Osama Bin Laden Are you aware Osama that 9/11 took out only a couple of thousand people? Should you wish to destroy the West may I suggest you come for a fact finding mission in God’s Own, New Zealand. Without the use of overt violence […]

Straw & Broken Camels

The only way of determining that sufficient straw has been loaded on to cause the camel’s back to break is when the camel’s back breaks. Before that, one needs to maintain the determination to just keep on loading the straw. In other words, each protest, each letter to some authority, each phone-call of protest, every […]

Sharing gives freedom

Last Friday night I sat with some friends who know me well and told them how I had shared my story and to around 400 people. (Why do anything small?) It seems that after posting my story, I seem to have an extra spring in my step and I am more focused on life in […]

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