01 December 2007

Good Grief - The Black Caps had a win

In the best attributes of N Z sport lately the Black Caps in the first one-dayer managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as did the Black Sticks (well draws) and the Phoenix. However in the second match the Black Caps did at last come through. Although I am not a Basketball fan I must admit that the Breakers are doing quite well.

Talking Soccer ( being a Rugby nut could never really call it football) - what a great example David Beckham is. At the airport he stayed until the end and signed every autograph. Nothing seems to be too much trouble. A consummate professional that many others could learn from. He knows where his bread (income) is buttered (that is where the money comes from - the fans).
Talking something more serious I see that the lawyer for the accused (and that is all he is) in the tragic case of Emma Agnew is claiming, as they are all doing now, that all the publicity is destroying his clients right to a fair trial. Rubbish. Juries should know that they only decide on the evidence placed before them. The world is a different place now and technology has changed it so that the likelihood of secrecy in a democracy now is very low if not impossible. We just have to get used to it.