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Re:New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US by craigds on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @10:59PM (#10781871)
This is exactly how I feel about it.

It's not just this case obviously. I used to be proud to be a New Zealander, but the last 5-10 years have made it dreadfully obvious we're actually being operated by foreign and commercial interests, and local/national leaders have no interest in changing that.

Sure, it's probably not as bad as certain other places, but it no longer fills me with pride. I'm tired of this country :(

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Re:New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US by vacri on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @11:41PM (#10781998)
I went to NZ in January, and I was a bit sad how much traction the LotR films had gained as 'proxy for kiwiness'. From the airline to the airport to posters and promotional material everywhere; on city streets, in supermarkets... it almost felt like LotR had become part of the national psyche, that LotR was NZ, rather than something cool that NZ had done.

I imagine it's waned a bit by now, though.

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