Law and Order

The Road Toll and Drink Driving

Posted by Karl Rohde on May 14, 2010 at 1:27 pm

The NZ Police are calling for a reduction in the legal alcohol limit. It’s currently 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.  They want it reduced to 50 milligrams.They insist this will reduce the road toll by 14 per year and save the country about $100 million per annum. Okay, great.  I can [...]

Dealer Gone Rogue – Ron Coles

Posted by Karl Rohde on May 17, 2009 at 5:42 pm

Rogue art dealer Ron Coles has now got a lot more to worry about. After entering into a deal, promising to sell artworks for cash creating a simple but effective money laundering scheme. However, after his disappearing act, the artwork is nowhere to be found, nor is the large sums of cash the bikers handed [...]

Legal Downloads Increase By 25%

Posted by Karl Rohde on January 19, 2009 at 6:24 pm

EARLIER this month I wrote a piece on the music industry (Is The Music Industry Dead?) Today, I heard a soundbite on the radio that last year, 95% of all music downloaded was done so illegally. This was a scarey number! Then a few more “minor” details were added, which shows the industry and the [...]

Is the music industry dead?

Posted by Karl Rohde on January 6, 2009 at 6:23 pm

I read some article ages ago (still trying to find it again, but that issue is  for another time) about the state of the music industry. They were, and are, in deep shit.  This is bad for the artists, and largely the executives of the various music industry corporates dropped the ball.  This holds true [...]

Incarceration

Posted by Karl Rohde on June 9, 2007 at 12:00 am

Incarceration – it is something that I have thought of many times in my nearly 38 years on this planet. Why? Because many years ago I learnt the difference between freedom and incarceration can be a single choice at a given moment in time. I recently heard a story from someone who had gone along [...]

Drugs, The Law, And Common Sense

Posted by Karl Rohde on August 16, 2005 at 5:20 pm

So, David Henderson is now a criminal. His crime; using cocaine or more accurately getting caught. His punishment, likely the loss of control of his successful international business and the inability to travel overseas ever again. Does a conviction for personal use of drugs justify the impact of that conviction has on society? When convicted, [...]