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Game-makers versus Hollywood

I usually spend my evenings surfing the web, looking for ideas for my writing and also checking up on the various market segments where I either have an interest or am planning something.

Last night my websurfing experience was crap.

Most sites loaded okay but attempts to use YouTube were plagued by what appeared to be some real bottlenecks in our international connectivity.

Why was that?

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Wok a bunch of idiots

No, the title of this column is not a typo.

Today I'm writing about a ridiculous story that appeared in yesterday's NZH.

Just when you think the NZH has reached the bottom of the barrel, they find new depths to plumb!

According to the story "some" Kiwis are upset and "uncomfortable" at the proliferation of foreign-language signs outside shops in parts of Auckland.

Oh, grow a spine people!

Even when I lived in Auckland (many years ago), the upper (K'Rd) end of Queen Street was like "little China" with an exciting array of emporiums and restaurants, all carrying Asian signage.

Did I feel threatened, uncomfortable or upset?

Hell no.

Most major cities around the world have ethnic enclaves within their precincts. Areas where foreign nationals base their businesses in close proximity to each other. It's human nature and good commercial sense.

I find it very hard to believe some of the figures quoted from the study reported in that story.

For example... the NZH says "Six people from a poll of 10 shoppers on Queen St told the Herald they were unhappy that signs without English were appearing in the city".

Well last time I walked down Queen St, seven out of every ten people I encountered on the street were Asian anyway. Were the "10 shoppers" chosen randomly or were only non-Asians asked? I strongly suspect it was the latter -- but that's an important fact that's not divulged.

If it is fairly represented by the NZH story (unlikely I admit) then this study is a load of BS and not worthy of the column-cm it was awarded.

You know, it's not often (these days) that I agree with John Key but when he says that the NZH has become a tabloid, I have to concur whole-heartedly.

Do Asian signs scare you or make you feel "uncomfortable?"

How long before the NZH renames itself "Truth" and only publishes on a Tuesday?

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