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June 22, 2009 8:56am by David Farrar

General Debate 22 June 2009

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Tauhei Notts

Ratbiter at 6.08 p.m. is interesting.
I somehow get the impression that Boeing’s public relations campaign is much better funded than that of the European aircraft manufacturers.
Call me cynical but the thought keeps recurring in my mind that our main stream media are funded by the people that they report upon in a laudatory manner.
Compare the coverage given to Manchester United compared with any other soccer team. There must be a reason for this.
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June 22, 2009 6:46pm
cha

extremely graphic, NSFW
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June 22, 2009 6:50pm
Inventory2

I guess the lesson there borker is that if you insult people because of their beliefs, you shouldn’t complain when they react. As far as “threatening e-mails” go, we only have your word for that, and around here, I reckon that the consensus would be that your word is worth diddly squat.
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June 22, 2009 6:51pm
billyborker

Actually IV2, some people can make the distinction between insulting the beliefs and insulting the person, d4j cannot. The fact that the threats began within minutes of my outing father ted is all the proof I need that I was right,

D4J is currently banned from this blog, I guess it is up to DPF to determine if father ted should be banned as well.
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June 22, 2009 7:07pm
reid

I somehow get the impression that Boeing’s public relations campaign is much better funded than that of the European aircraft manufacturers. Call me cynical but the thought keeps recurring in my mind that our main stream media are funded by the people that they report upon in a laudatory manner.

Yes, I’ve been monitoring this angle since Terminal 2E, built specifically to handle the Airbus A380 at Charles de Gaulle, collapsed in 2004.

Of course if the Airbus succeeds then goodbye Boeing and it was looking pretty dicey for awhile back then till the US military came through with a big order.

Notice how the media plays it all up in a biased manner? No? Shame.
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June 22, 2009 9:01pm
philu

borker..you aren’t the first..(re outing ted as d4j..)

i have..and so have others..

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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June 22, 2009 9:59pm
billyborker

Ratbiter (1190) Vote: 0 1 Says:

June 22nd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
A cracked windscreen forced pilots of an Air New Zealand Boeing 737 to return to Auckland after taking off for Wellington this morning.

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/5670801

Now, if this were an Airbus, how many column inches would this story be?

about as many as this airbus story –

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/qantas-passenger-hits-roof-in-midair-turbulence-drama-20090622-ct05.html
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June 22, 2009 10:10pm
jcuknz

As architects around the world think up and create great container ideas I’ll offer my pet idea for those who want to cruise the oceans. A self contained container shipped from port to port on a container ship, in such a position that it wouldn’t be lost overboard and with access to the ship. This is a maritime concept similar to those folk who own a passenger car in the United States and get towed around from city to city by AMTRAK.
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