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The tragic shooting

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in Tucson, Arizona over the weekend, which left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a coma and six others dead, has been universally condemned both by Democrats and Republicans, as you would expect in any civilized society where violence and assassination with semi-automatic weaponry are considered inappropriate responses to political differences. But while even Sarah Palin -- a forceful opponent of Giffords who once published an infographic targeting Giffords through gun sights -- was publicly calling for "peace and justice," at least one member of the retail comics community had a different message: "1 down, 534 to go."

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Re: What The ...

[tamahori]

They call themselves the National Party (the other main party we have is Labour) but I stand by my 'evil' statement.

A bunch of the stuff they are doing can only be blamed on active malevolence or blind stupidity, and they aren't stupid.

Okay, to be honest, it could just be them being really ideological to the point of stupid ... but a bunch of their stuff really does come across as an obsessive focus on helping rich people get richer, and screw everyone else, so yeah, evil.

-- Brett, who is a hopeless optimist, and always votes for the Greens, who are the most powerful minor party, but hated enough by both of the major parties that they are unlikely to ever get anywhere near real power.