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Category Archives: Respect for Life
Mental health – our national delusion
Family dysfunction and relationship breakdown are key drivers of suicide in New Zealand. Yet the Government’s latest suicide prevention strategy doesn’t even mention them. Instead there is the usual sophisticated bureaucratic waffle and nice framework diagrams that mean nothing and … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, Honouring Marriage, Respect for Life
Tagged Ewen McQueen, Mental health, Mike King, Suicide
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Euthanasia rejected – 10 to 1
The euthanasia lobby trumpeted the huge number of submissions to Health Select Committee on their petition seeking to legalise “assisted dying” in New Zealand. They said this showed we needed change. However at the Committee hearing this afternoon some of … Continue reading
NZ doing the right thing in Iraq
Doing the right thing in Iraq – my latest blog at RenewNZ Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, Protecting Children, Respect for Life
Tagged Ewen McQueen, Fallujah, Iraq, ISIS, refugees
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Where was Moko’s dad?
The court has reached its verdict. The marchers have gone home. The politicians and media have done their usual hypocritical hand-wringing. But the question remains – where was Moko’s dad? A father is supposed to be there to protect his … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, Honouring Marriage, Protecting Children, Respect for Life
Tagged Child abuse, Domestic violence, Ewen McQueen, Marriage, Moko
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Euthanasia advocates ignore public consequences
Assisted suicide advocates like to tell us that as autonomous self-determining individuals they have the right to determine the manner of their death. It is the classic proposition of libertarian individualists on every topic – it’s my business alone. If … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, Protecting Children, Respect for Life, Spiritual Renewal
Tagged Abortion, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Ewen McQueen
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Why is the Prime Minister a social liberal ?
At a function I attended this week the Prime Minister described himself as a social liberal. The next day the NZ Herald reported a man had been charged with murdering a six month old Raumati toddler in July. It noted … Continue reading
Posted in Honouring Marriage, Protecting Children, Respect for Life
Tagged Child abuse, Ewen McQueen, John Key, social liberalism
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PM’s wrath well deserved
John Key’s anger in Parliament yesterday seems to have taken the Opposition by surprise. Perhaps they mistook his long consideration of the Iraq deployment as an indication that he didn’t really have his heart in it. How wrong they were. Key … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, Protecting Children, Respect for Life
Tagged Ewen McQueen, Iraq, ISIS, John Key, New Zealand
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ISIS must be defeated
If we won’t fight ISIS we won’t fight anyone. The Prime Minister is correct – doing nothing is not an option. Some commentators have said the barbarity of ISIS is nothing new in the history of human conflict. They are … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, Protecting Children, Respect for Life
Tagged Ewen McQueen, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, John Key, Peter Dunne, Syria
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Well done Warehouse for dumping R18 videos
The Warehouse announced today that it was terminating all sales of R18 videos and computer games. (NZ Herald – Warehouse R18 ban) It comes on the back of the latest version of Grand Theft Auto sinking into new realms of … Continue reading
Winston pathetic on ISIS
Winston Peters shouldn’t bother turning up at an ANZAC Day parade again. His statement today that New Zealand should not provide any help in fighting ISIS because it might make us a target for terrorist attacks was pathetic. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, Protecting Children, Respect for Life
Tagged Ewen McQueen, ISIS, Islamic State, John Key, terrorist attacks, Winston Peters
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