Pollution hypocrisy
OPINION: In recent weeks beaches in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch have been unsafe to swim in because of recent heavy rain triggering wastewater overflows throughout the region.
According to the NGO's spin, they didn't once again vandalise the Rakaia salmon statue in Canterbury, they "altered" it.
Changing a single word from vandalising to "altered" doesn't sound like much but it's all about minimising the crime by using softer language.
Your old mate reckons it's a bit like a thug saying they had a "disagreement" with someone, when really they "altered" the shape of their nose and teeth.
