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"The city is embarking on new tourism and promotional direction that will reflect its diverse communities and “showcase a vibrant, diverse, modern city that is
by snapetom 5y ago
"The city is embarking on new tourism and promotional direction that will reflect its diverse communities and “showcase a vibrant, diverse, modern city that is attractive to residents, domestic and international visitors, new businesses, and skilled migrant workers”, she said."
That sounds majorly boring.
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- mkl 5y agoWell yes, that's what city leaders tend to sound like; trying to appeal to everyone sounds bland. I think they could have described it exactly the same way at almost any point in the last 30 years - it's not like the Wizard was a cornerstone of the city's image.
- tim333 5y agoWhen I toured NZ as a tourist it was next city - that's the one with the Wizard isn't it? It's the main thing I remember about Christchurch along with it feeling kind of Scottish.
- mkl 5y agoWell I've never been to Scotland, so I don't know about that, but supposedly Dunedin is the more Scottish part of the country ("Dunedin" is a transliteration of the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, and there were many Scottish settlers there).
- nuerow 5y ago> Well yes, that's what city leaders tend to sound like; trying to appeal to everyone sounds bland. To me, that PR blurb actually uses a lot of words to say nothing at all. It boils down to "I decided to do something else".
- swebs 5y agoIf you had more context, its easy to read between the lines. Witchcraft is considered a serious issue to people from regions they want migrants from. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/saudi-arabias-war-on-witchcraft/278701/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/sa...
- booleandilemma 5y agoThey’re trying to appeal to Saudis? Is New Zealand going to go after LGBT people next?
- blacktriangle 5y agoRemember, the true test of tolerance is tolerating the people who are so intolerant they execute the other people you tolerate on a regular basis.
- voakbasda 5y agoIf that’s tolerance, I don’t want any of it.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThe paradox of tolerance isn’t as interesting when physical violence is involved, because you obviously fight violence back if possible (ie not tolerated). The discussion is more interesting when one party’s feelings are so hurt by words (due to low self esteem, mental health issues, etc.) that there is a movement that starts not tolerating speech. E.g. I have worked with teen mentoring and some of these people think it is physical abuse if you ask them to do chores (due to privileged upbringing).
- lostlogin 5y agoTolerating the intolerant is made much easier when they provide your oil. At least that’s my take on the western world.
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- temp8964 5y agoI doubt he would be cancelled if he had the correct race and gender and national origin. Apparently he is not "diverse".
- X6S1x6Okd1st 5y agoHuh I assumed it had more to do with the misogyny. You do know that NZ is 71% European as per last census right?
- dylan604 5y agoWhat does that mean? There are more immigrants from Europe than native Kiwis?
- X6S1x6Okd1st 5y agoIt's whatever their census defines it as. This is specifically ethic group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_Zealand#Ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_Zealand#Et... Country of birth was 72% New Zealand, 4% England 2% China and then lots of other countries with lower %s
- throwaway472927 5y agoWhite
- gremloni 5y agoThe mildest of “misogyny” is probably the best part of this guy.
- lostlogin 5y agoTo add to this, Christchurch is rather less diverse than the national average at 78% European. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch
- gremloni 5y agoIt’s the right idea.
- themaninthedark 5y ago....diverse....vibrant, diverse... So they are going from 1 wizard to 0 wizards and calling that diverse? Looks like they are decreasing the amount of diversity to me.
- cookie_monsta 5y agoMaybe there is more to diversity than promoting every individual facet of Anglo culture, or subsidising old white guys to tell jokes about violence against women?
- asguy 5y agoYou sound like a blast at parties.
- cookie_monsta 5y agoAnd you sound like you have a highly nuanced metric by which you measure people's worldviews
- asguy 5y agoDoubling down. I like it.
- jvanderbot 5y ago"“It’s just they don’t like me because they are boring old bureaucrats and everyone likes me and no one likes them,’’ he said."
- jvanderbot 5y agoThis is exactly the world we live in: Government facilitated social improvement through committee-designed culture.
- travisporter 5y agoThe article also said: "The Wizard is a well-known face to Christchurch residents, but in recent years, his presence has diminished, and sightings have become rare" Can you furlough a wizard?
- mung 5y agoThe funny thing is that chch is historically the most un-diverse city in nz. When something trashy or racist happens, and it happens in chch, people in other parts of nz (particularly in the north island) roll their eyes and say “Christchurch…” [in dumb voice].