tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post9206615455857636133..comments2023-12-21T23:44:40.324+13:00Comments on Maui Street: Poor PhilMorgan Godferyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-72785411503585746292011-03-20T12:48:18.837+13:002011-03-20T12:48:18.837+13:00Winston played the issue in a most dishonourable m...Winston played the issue in a most dishonourable manner. He used the issue to inflame racist sentiment. His use of the issue was not sober and rational; it was emotional, political in every sense and inherently racist. <br /><br />Hone is not an overt white hater. That is an easy smear that in reality is not easily justified. I take it you are referring primarily to the white mofo's email. That email was, undeniable, unacceptable. However, Hone was appropriately grilled for it and he did repent, albeit in a small way. It is stupid to imply that Hone hates all white people. Hone hates the repugnant actions of many colonists, Hone hates the repulsive views of redneck New Zealand and Hone hates the unprincipled government of the day. Hone does not hate your ordinary Pakeha. <br /><br />In fact Hone has expressed support for Pakeha beneficiaries on a number of occasions. As well as the working poor (the Pakeha working poor that is). <br /><br />It is probably fair to expect that many Pakeha hate Hone for what he did. I accept that - I would hate any Pakeha politician that did the same thing. I would however attempt to be reasonable in my views. The email must be seen in context - a private exchange between two individuals. The email must be read with regard to Hone Harawira's sometimes unstable character - we all say things we do not mean, especially when we are under significant stress and we are provoked. The email must be seen in terms of the content - Hone was not literally referring to every Pakeha person in NZ, but previous Pakeha governments (arguably even this government). Because successive NZ governments have stolen and raped Maori land. This is an undeniable historic fact. Anyone who argues otherwise is wilfully ignorant and in all probability mentally unwell. <br /><br />I will finish this rant here or I could go all day. I guess you get the picture though.Morgan Godferyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-84152510430283943762011-03-19T03:14:11.375+13:002011-03-19T03:14:11.375+13:00Rubbish. Winston isn't anti-Asian, he just cha...Rubbish. Winston isn't anti-Asian, he just challenged the high levels of immigration coming into NZ and tried to give the public the opportunity to debate who should be allowed to live here. Most of the time no-one asks us what we think.<br /><br />By contrast, Hone is an overt white-hater, from everything I have seen and heard and read in numerous media, both in NZ and in America. He's like one of those blokes you meet in the pub at 1am who wants to fight everyone. He never apologised for his comments, and the Maori Party never denounced them either. He should have been booted out of Parliament for brining it into disrepute. Hone twists himself into knots because he can't decide whether he's a Maori supremicist or wants to establish Maori tikanga over NZ, or a sort-of left-winger. His only Pakeha friends are Sue Bradford and.....um, no, I've run out of names already. The day he expresses any genuine concern for poor honkeys trying to survive on the dole or the DPB, hell will freeze over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com