Protesters march up Queen St

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 2:57p.m.

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Between 4000 and 5000 people are marching through central Auckland this afternoon, urging the Government to act on referenda.

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23 Nov 2009 03:18p.m.

Craig Young wrote:

Exactly what is so "democratic" about attacking the rights of vulnerable others- childrens rights to freedom from nonviolent parenting, same-sex marriage or the rights of illegal immigrants to use of social services in the United States?

This liberal believes in democracy. Authentic, real democracy that is, not potty plebiscites from the social conservative/rent a bigot/grievance industry.

Let's have a proper written constitution instead of these pointless circular soundbytes.

23 Nov 2009 02:34p.m.

David wrote:

I can now confidently confirm what I've known all along - liberals don't believe in democracy. They'll stifle it if it means pushing their own 'protect the weaklings' agenda, and maybe they're right - democracy is bad. Having said that, let's use the merits of autocracy to stifle their own obnoxious views.

22 Nov 2009 03:25p.m.

John wrote:

I was there yesterday. I saw the few infiltrators mingle in and counter-protest against the primary course for the protest. To me this was an undemocratic and disrespectful act to do. M intend to infiltrate and undermine the next liberal protest and