We are pulling this post. Feedback suggests some people don’t feel humour appropriate with this issue. No intention to offend anyone. We’ll think about the feedback. Thanks. – Phil Twyford & David Parker
We are pulling this post. Feedback suggests some people don’t feel humour appropriate with this issue. No intention to offend anyone. We’ll think about the feedback. Thanks. – Phil Twyford & David Parker
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To Gerry Brownlee, Magistratus Extraordinarius Am I not entitled to some bread and a circus?
Unbelievable. It may be filed under ‘humour’, but I am sure the parents and family of the child whose identity was stolen will find this disgraceful.
Poor judgement.
Seriously low Phil and David.
I thought better of both of you.
There is no humour to be had from this shameful episode. You ought to know better, boys.
thanks for making me smile on a wet morning. No subject is off-limits to humour, only caveat is – it has to be funny.
I second Jennifer, there is no humour in this whole episode. It is NOT the behaviour we expect from our politicians, but it seems you lot are the ones disconnected from reality. (Bar perhaps two or three members of the smaller parties)
Garrett is the only person that has to apologies to his victim’s family. He claims he has.
Garrett also has to explain why the nation should trust a political party which would have him in it. Not sure how he is going to do that.
I’m personally getting sick of the ‘I used to work on the oil rigs’ line.
If you guys aren’t careful you will make the public sympathetic towards Garrett. None of those questions or lines are remotely funny. Garrett has destroyed his reputation and probably the act party as well. Let them stew in their own public ridicule. There is nothing you guys can add otherwise looking like unfunny dorks trying to be nasty.
Garrett will never be able to appear in public again without fearing that somebody will ask him why he deleted Trevor
I thought it was hilarious . . .
Too late Mr Twyford, you can kiss my vote goodbye. You lot need to fire your PR people and grow a spine.
I’d been despairing at this blog after Brendan Burns’ appalling approach to criticism and Hipkins’ complete lack of shame complaining about lack of democracy when Labour’s just voted to remove it.
But I found this post a breath of fresh air. Genuinely funny, I was laughing out loud over my morning coffee at work and sent it round the office. People here liked it too.
Can’t believe you’ve pulled it because a couple of right-wing trolls got up in arms. Unbelievable. You need to fire your PR people.
I agree, hilarious!
Voting for Gerry Brownlee as dictator, not funny.
Gutless.
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Sorry trev, forgot about the no mention policy.
When Garrett read his statement he intentionally or inadvertently mad eit sound like the novel was published the year he did his “prank”. Driving in the car yesterday I thought, gee, he must be well over 65…
Turns out he READ it in 1984… it was published in 1971. Perhaps he is a slow reader?
Had to check kiwiblog to see what was written. The questions were pretty funny. Migrate over to that site for a minute Spud.
“Supplementary: Has the Minister received any intelligence reports about ACT MPs or is that an oxymoron?”
Gold. Ha.
Thanks, Andrew
Frankly those questions were pretty harmless and the outrage here by some surprises me.
At least now we know why Garrett didnt get Roy’s Defence portfolio… he’s such a slow reader
I’ve had my identity stolen – not quite the same since I’m not dead, but it was vile and reprehensible. I felt violated.
And I thought the post was funny.
Still, would rather see you asking real questions – like how long did the PM know about Garrett’s convictions? (hat-tip lanmac)
I thought the post was funny.
In my view there’s been a handful of noisy people who have been just a bit precious on this post. Sometimes an individual’s behaviour can be so low and/or distasteful, that ‘taking the mickey’ is not a bad way to respond.
I thought it was funny.
Anyone who thinks it is offensive really needs to get out more. And I suggest the writers on this blog shouldn’t listen to those people either!
I too thought the post was funny and certainly not offensive.
I thought taking the post down was pathetic. Great post and you basically demonstrated the problem with Labour, you are gutless.
David Farrar has republished them, says he thinks they’re gold. I agree… Funny funny stuff. Good work boys.
Reading this thread I fear the right-wing nutters have a point when they go on about “PC gone mad” and “hand-wringing liberals” etc etc.
Might as well repost it now, there was nothing wrong with it and it is available in full on Kiwiblog…
Hilarious post, but had to look over at Kiwiblog to check it out.
‘Precious’ is barely enough to describe taking it down, Sadly, I’d have to agree that ‘pathetic’ (as above) meets the case better.
@ Red Rosa
Sorry. Should have made myself clearer. I used the word ‘precious’ to describe the commenters complaining about the post – not the authors of the post.
I agree with your PC comment RRM.
Red Alert is a total joke we have David Cunliffe with his stupid attempt at poetry, Trev the tough guy being a complete wimp, my working class roots want to puke when some ecclesiastical Labour members speak, not Grant or Charles, who I think will be ministers of the crown or Clare who might go the whole bloody way but the front bench fools, some sort of feeling that the electorate is moving to the left. The right say it is anti Helen it isn’t you refuse to renew post Helen. Cunliffe is not the answer
“I thought taking the post down was pathetic. Great post and you basically demonstrated the problem with Labour, you are gutless.”
My thoughts exactly. If you knew anything about how the internet works (or if your useless PR people did) then you would know that the first thing that will happen when you take a post down is that Farrar or one of his idiot followers will find it somewhere on the internet and post it again. It just makes you look doubly foolish.
For God’s sake, Labour, stand up for something for once in your life. I’ve had it up to here with your cowardice and betrayal.
Poor Tigger
I’m wondering whether there are any more MPs who have anything they would like to say…
This post was iffy at best btw – 40% were pretty worthwhile questions but the rest were pretty lame and as someone else said just a little shameful
I thought it was funny. Which right wingers didn’t? The original post is up on Kiwiblog and not one of us “evil baby eating” right wingers thought it was offensive.
I thought it was great and non-offensive. Glad Kiwiblog re-posted it, was dead annoyed not to have missed it yesterday.
And Clint, I know you think it’s all about you, but I don’t think that it was you they were particularly worried about offending.
I now wait with baited breath for all politicians to confess all of their previous convictions, charges , arrests etc that occurred prior to becoming a politician. It will make fascinating reading. While we are at it, what about all of the anti-smoking campaigners that used to smoke; all of the PETA members that used to eat meat; the anti-drinking wowsers that used to get drunk; the anti-smacking brigade who hit their children 20 years ago; all the zealots that go on about boy racers who have been responsible for a road accident that caused death – especially if a child was killed…..the list is endless. Anyone left standing after all that can start throwing rocks.
Zarchoff. Steven Joyce pounced upon your advice. Fortunately many iof us want our leaders to be accouontable and especially so when they have pushed so hard for longer sentences to deter folks from lives of crime. You may have aready forgotten that Mr Garrett, when arrested by the police in 2005 (five years ago) denied falsely obtaining a passport. This goes to personal integrity.
I’m not advocating punishing him, merely suggesting that he be accountable for the consequences of his actions, which include no longer being a member of parliament because he is not up to the standard required.
I applaud his and Hide’s stance on rehabilitation, and Mr McVicar’s acknowledgment that people need to be able to move on with their lives. In fact I cant wait for the first Bill tabled by Rodney and Garrett outlining their measures for rethinking crime and punishment.
Tracey,
Looks like you may get your wish….
Not quite, it seems Mr Garrett and Mr Hide think his offence is against ACT not the people. It is the people who he deceived, so he should not retain a seat in Parliament. Of course Hide keeps the deciding vote inside ACT despite his own transgressions of his supposed principles, perk buster and mr transparent.