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Thread ID: 113088 2010-10-04 23:13:00 There is a God - not Paul Henry!! Zippity (58) PC World Chat
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1141794 2010-10-08 08:42:00 We should be able to joke about anything.
I find your mother's lack of ability to instill decency into her own offspring hilarious.

Not very funny when it offends you is it? Granted the above wasn't exactly a light-hearted joke (or true, I wouldn't know, don't take it personally btw), it's a joke nonetheless right?

My point is, some jokes can be catastrophic to the relations between races, countries, economies. While admittedly I found Henry's gaffe hilarious, it's one of those things that he should have kept to his mates and colleagues behind the camera to prevent offence to Indians. And the Indians DO have a right to be pissed off about it.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
1141795 2010-10-08 08:45:00 But we are not indians, nor would i be pissed off it it was about the kiwi race goodiesguy (15316)
1141796 2010-10-08 08:51:00 But we are not indians,
Oh OK then, so that makes us making fun of Indians acceptable.


nor would i be pissed off it it was about the kiwi race
Trust me, if the tables were turned, some Kiwis would be pissed.

You have little inkling about what freedom of speech is. There are lines between stupidity, malice and freedom. Unfortunately Henry's sense (or yours for that matter) of what freedom of speech is is blurred on the stupidity line.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
1141797 2010-10-08 08:54:00 goodiesguy it is all to do with respect. Didn't your mother teach you any of that either.
:)
Trev (427)
1141798 2010-10-08 09:31:00 paul henry is a juvenile little turd and should be fired not only for what he has said and the way he acts but because he just does not know when to stop, he is on shows aimed at adults not ones for little kids. zqwerty (97)
1141799 2010-10-08 10:35:00 But we are not indians, nor would i be pissed off it it was about the kiwi race

It's not just a race issue, it was a person.
Would you be pissed if someone on TV mocked you directly or your girlfriend or your mother and repeated it and head a good laugh, plus they showed their photographs on TV?

Would you be pissed of with me, if I said to you, just go have a laugh about it ..
Nomad (952)
1141800 2010-10-08 13:45:00 Paul Henry's Dikshit Benny Hill Style (www.youtube.com)

i made this really quickly
goodiesguy (15316)
1141801 2010-10-08 18:18:00 It's good how he is breaking PC .

People should be able to say whatever they want



Um, should they? Like kill all christians perhaps?

Regardless I think he is a bit juvenile, and if he wanted to make smart remarks about various people, he should save it for after work, not on NZs main TV network, on air .

Which is what the fuss is about mostly - the rest of the world have picked it up remember .

As for Governer Generals being real Nzers - perhaps then the GG should be Maori . After all, the rest of us (or at least our ancestors) are just immigrants aren't we?
pctek (84)
1141802 2010-10-08 18:29:00 As for Governer Generals being real Nzers - perhaps then the GG should be Maori. After all, the rest of us (or at least our ancestors) are just immigrants aren't we?

But then they don't look like real Anglo Saxon Kiwis do they? Well, at least the real ones don't...
Cato (6936)
1141803 2010-10-08 18:42:00 As for Governer Generals being real Nzers - perhaps then the GG should be Maori. After all, the rest of us (or at least our ancestors) are just immigrants aren't we?

Let us remember the maoris are immigrant too,just a bit earlier.
Cicero (40)
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