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Originally Posted by rjcroy
... I think that to label opposition as simply politicking, and Professor Kelsey as a Marxist shows a lack of appreciation for the influence of ideology on the full spectrum of politics, and of the ideological assumptions present in the TPP agreement itself. Like you, I prefer meaningful debate, not name-calling and cliche dismissive labels.
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I did not state opposition to the TPP was "simply politicking" I claimed that the main parliamentary party would not be opposed to the TPP, given their past history on free trade, but that they would invoke some politicking - not that ALL opposition to TPP is politicking.
Professor Kelsey makes no secret that she is of Marxist persuasion and that she was first introduced to it while a student at Cambridge. It is not a label.
So it would be pleasant if you were to withdraw your, what could appear to be defensive of your own political persuasions claim, "I think that to label opposition as simply politicking, and Professor Kelsey as a Marxist shows a lack of appreciation for the influence of ideology on the full spectrum of politics, and of the ideological assumptions present in the TPP agreement itself."
Also, just to be clear regarding the passing of TPP into law, I was being economical with words as there will be no specific single Bill doing that, rather existing legislation for matters affected by the TPP will be changed to meet the TPP requirements. That may have been misunderstood. Hence my earlier reference to the Copyright Act the review of which was put on hold until the outcome of TPP was known; the requirements of the TPP will be written into that. This is the usual way NZ handles such multilateral agreements (very easy examples to follow as to such implementation, if unclear, are MARPOL which is taken into regulations administered by Ministry of Transport, delegated to Maritime NZ, or The International
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
Sea where a visit to Maritime NZ's website will readily find the specific regulations which basically just restate the words of the multilateral agreements).