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Fred99

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#223045 9-Sep-2017 19:53

My son was parked down the road from our place the day before yesterday, noticed a very good friend of ours - who happens to be a religious National Party supporter - walking down the road pulling "Jacinda" leaflets out of people's mailboxes - and discreetly putting them in her handbag.

LOL and WTF?

I'll be so glad when this election is over.

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#1861567 9-Sep-2017 21:10

That's not cool. :(

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#1861650 10-Sep-2017 07:44

Has he reported this to anyone?

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#1861666 10-Sep-2017 08:43

Dratsab:

Has he reported this to anyone?

No - we haven't encouraged him to report family friends guilty of minor stupidities in to the state police.

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#1861756 10-Sep-2017 11:18

Should bring back the stocks.

Having garbage thrown at you for an afternoon is cathartic I hear.

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#1861793 10-Sep-2017 12:46

Fred99:

Dratsab:

Has he reported this to anyone?

No - we haven't encouraged him to report family friends guilty of minor stupidities in to the state police.

That makes him no different to her.

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#1861818 10-Sep-2017 13:47

Dratsab:

Fred99:

Dratsab:

Has he reported this to anyone?

No - we haven't encouraged him to report family friends guilty of minor stupidities in to the state police.

That makes him no different to her.

That's a very stupid thing to say.

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#1861819 10-Sep-2017 13:49

Not at all.

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#1861849 10-Sep-2017 14:02

Dratsab:

Not at all.

Sorry - I'm not playing that game with you.

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#1861859 10-Sep-2017 14:44

I view doing nothing as passively condoning such action which thus emboldens the actor and others of their ilk.

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#1861909 10-Sep-2017 17:55

If they had been leaflets with Andrew Little's photo she wouldn't have bothered.

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#1861958 10-Sep-2017 20:32

Dratsab:

Fred99:

Dratsab:

Has he reported this to anyone?

No - we haven't encouraged him to report family friends guilty of minor stupidities in to the state police.

That makes him no different to her.

Jeez. You never do anything stupid when you were a minor?

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#1861962 10-Sep-2017 20:41

IANAL but I strongly suspect removing something from someones letter box, even "political junk mail" meets a legal definition for theft.

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#1861970 10-Sep-2017 20:52

Lias:

IANAL but I strongly suspect removing something from someones letter box, even "political junk mail" meets a legal definition for theft.

I would be too pleased if somebody came along and removed them from my letter box. Mine just go straight into recycling anyway.

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#1862016 10-Sep-2017 22:40

Fred99:

Dratsab: Has he reported this to anyone?

No - we haven't encouraged him to report family friends guilty of minor stupidities in to the state police.

Maybe this issue falls under section 23 of the Postal Services Act 1998? To qoute:

23 Unlawfully opening postal article
(1) Every person commits an offence against this Act who wilfully and without
reasonable excuse opens or causes to be opened any postal article that is not
addressed to that person.

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#1862212 11-Sep-2017 11:16

I am not fan of Labour, but I consider this very poor decision making by that one person.

Having said that, I have seen people knocking over billboards from parties they don't support, and thankfully they are relatively isolated events by misguided people who are unlikely to be repentant even if reported.

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