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Speaker 1: Newsflash, two e year right billboard accused of being bad taste.

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Speaker 1: Whow for a moment there, I thought I'd been transported

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Speaker 1: back to two thousand and six. Is it in good taste? No,

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Speaker 1: of course not. It's a billboard for a beer company

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Speaker 1: for goodness sake. Of course it's in bad taste. And

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Speaker 1: let's be honest, I don't think I don't think anyone

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Speaker 1: has ever accused of TOUI being in good taste, if

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Speaker 1: you get what I mean. Anyway, given the extent to

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Speaker 1: which the sensational details of the polkinghorn case have been

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Speaker 1: scandalizing the nation over the last few months, it's hardly

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Speaker 1: a surprise to see the billboards pop up around the country.

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Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you. It doesn't upset me. But

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Speaker 1: if I were Pauline Hanner's family, YEP, I might quite

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Speaker 1: reasonably feel a bit miffed at a company trying to

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Speaker 1: cash in on something related to my death. But here's

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Speaker 1: the thing, even if it did upset me, and sometimes

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Speaker 1: the most effective strategy for opposing something is actually to

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Speaker 1: contain your outrage, especially when that thing is designed to outrage.

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Speaker 1: And I actually feel the same way about aspects of

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Speaker 1: the Treaty Principles bill debate. You know, I wonder if

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Speaker 1: the most extreme opposition to act's proposal might not ultimately

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Speaker 1: help ACTS cause. And you know, perhaps for those who

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Speaker 1: most vehemently oppose ACT suggestions, perhaps a more considered opposition

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Speaker 1: might be a bit calmer, might be a bit quieter,

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Speaker 1: and ultimately starve the issue from the attention upon which

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Speaker 1: it'll very likely thrive. Two E is banking on controversy.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it has literally set up a feedback line

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Speaker 1: so that people can voice their outrage. But if you really,

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Speaker 1: if you really, sincerely have a problem with their billboards,

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Speaker 1: don't give them the attention, and hey, just don't buy

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