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Ab · 27th March 2014, 15:57

A month ago Cameron Slater made a post to Whaleoil entitled "WHAT SORT OF PERSON WANTS TO OWN A SIGNED COPY OF MEIN KAMPF?", which was then linked to and further publicised by David Farrar at Kiwiblog.

http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2014/02/so...py-mein-kampf/

http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2014/03/wh...ein_kampf.html

At the time I actually thought "wtf who cares? what has that to do with NZ politics?" *clink* penny drops.

Yeah, way too much of a coincidence. That Dotcom had some 'Nazi issues' to work through was obviously private knowledge at least a month ago, and Whaleoil was probably just waiting to drop the bomb at a time when it would do the most damage. Now is definitely not that time. Dotcom obviously worked this out and voluntarily confirmed it to 3 News:

http://www.3news.co.nz/Dotcom-buys-M...8/Default.aspx

If you've got something to hide and you know that someone else knows, better to admit to it at a time of your own choosing and be hurt than have it come out of nowhere at a time you don't want and be vaporised.

It would be nice if this could have remained a secret until after the Internet Party launch and after the start of the election campaign though. If this had been revealed once Dotcom had done deals and been seen shaking hands with campaign partners, the fallout would have been AWESOME.

27th March 2014, 15:57	#164
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	A month ago Cameron Slater made a post to Whaleoil entitled "WHAT SORT OF PERSON WANTS TO OWN A SIGNED COPY OF MEIN KAMPF?", which was then linked to and further publicised by David Farrar at Kiwiblog. http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2014/02/so...py-mein-kampf/ http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2014/03/wh...ein_kampf.html At the time I actually thought "wtf who cares? what has that to do with NZ politics?" clink penny drops. Yeah, way too much of a coincidence. That Dotcom had some 'Nazi issues' to work through was obviously private knowledge at least a month ago, and Whaleoil was probably just waiting to drop the bomb at a time when it would do the most damage. Now is definitely not that time. Dotcom obviously worked this out and voluntarily confirmed it to 3 News: http://www.3news.co.nz/Dotcom-buys-M...8/Default.aspx If you've got something to hide and you know that someone else knows, better to admit to it at a time of your own choosing and be hurt than have it come out of nowhere at a time you don't want and be vaporised. It would be nice if this could have remained a secret until after the Internet Party launch and after the start of the election campaign though. If this had been revealed once Dotcom had done deals and been seen shaking hands with campaign partners, the fallout would have been AWESOME.