Let's adopt the Parliamentary System

[Bill Cochrane]

G'dday
Rob writes
>Ah, yes.  That'd be back when you had a rugby league team, wouldn't it?
> 
> (sorry ... )
Na mate its NZ that should be sorry, we should fall on our knees and beg
forgiveness for sullying a rugby league field with that sorry band of
gutless wonders. I've always thought that league offered a bit of a window
into the consciousness of the working class ... so what have we got here.
> Bet our economically depressed provinces can produce more Dutch
> eye-reddener than yours!  We'd export a larger proportion, too, as young
> men are the major consumer group for this product, and most of those who
> did not abandon mum'n'dad's precious allotment at puberty, have since hung
> themselves (male youth suicide rates have tripled in the bush in the last
> decade).
> 
> So thin those silver linings, these days ...
If I recall correctly NZ has one of the highest  youth suicide rates in the
west, particularly amongst young males. I think that as the certainties of
masculinity have dissolved leaving only self doubt and confusion many give
into despair, either that or getting pissed with our rev head mates while
driving a high speeds in our Holdens shortens our lives.
As for dope production in our provinces I'd say the unimaginatively named
North Auckland would probably be the area of the western world most
dependent on the production of an illicit crop . Even some of the regional
economic studies put out by the local authorities admit that dope is the
largest cash crop in the area and all but argue that the cops should lay off
to help the local economy.... maybe Nandor will make some progress and we'll
return to prosperity on the back of the might hemp industry.
Cheers
Bill