Just belatedly (I've been busy) I wanted to say of 'Hoodie Day', why would we want to show we care about our youth when we think they're a pack of filthy, unlovable snots?
Oh, and has anyone seen the new Health Ministry ad about cervical screening that manages to portray Pacific Island women as giggling teenage ignorami? If I were in their demographic, I'd probably prefer to risk cancer than succumb to such patronising propaganda. Mind you, this is from the Ministry who brought us the absolutely dreadful 'no rubber, no hubba hubba'* campaign, so perhaps our pasifika ladies are relieved they got off so lightly.
Finally, found out with some shock that I'd rather my tax cut went to the poor than into my pocket. Of course, if you actually showed me some of the poor people I'd be funding I'd probably want it back. So don't. I may be economically socialist, but culturally I won't be having with all this slackjawed oafery, thankyou very much.
In fact, you can put "Hey arsehole! Read a book!" on my tombstone.
* Which was so lame you'd swear it must have been thought up by some 50-something dear in a cardigan. However, the more depressing likelihood is that the MoH paid an advertising company an awful lot of money for it. Nice work.