tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post111878624735439497..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Graham Kelly, diplomatPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118909599262933162005-06-16T20:13:00.000+12:002005-06-16T20:13:00.000+12:00graham kelly diplomat,now theres a tui billbourd i...graham kelly diplomat,now theres a tui billbourd if ever i saw oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118815173784764612005-06-15T17:59:00.000+12:002005-06-15T17:59:00.000+12:00With a name like that, Kelly sounds like a good wo...With a name like that, Kelly sounds like a good working-class Irish Catholic boy. I guess his ethnic history can be summed up as: "Breed like rabbits; drop like flies. Pissed off when the tater crop failed sometime in the 19th century. Always drunk but good for a song and a yarn. U2 is cool. James Joyce a bit wanky. Disturbingly large proportion are lunatic religious bigots and fond of joining paramilitary terrorist organisations."<BR/><BR/>I don't think any of the above is inaccurate, but what the hell pertinence it would have to the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries is beyond me.<BR/><BR/>For the record, I'm enormously proud of my Irish heritage but if I had to choose between Jerry Adams & Sin Fein or Tariana Turia & the Maori Party, well, I don't think the Horis come out of it badly.Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118796104001801562005-06-15T12:41:00.000+12:002005-06-15T12:41:00.000+12:00I'm a lot at the beach and I've never seen it. The...I'm a lot at the beach and I've never seen it. They like catching crabs and can prepare them deliciously. Thanks for sharing Asians.<BR/><BR/>But PC, what exactly did you think was "the truth"? All you can say about Maori history is that they fought with each other? And when the white man came he learned them to live peacefully together? You think that is what a representative of NZ can present as the summary of their history? Isn't that extremeley condescending?<BR/><BR/>That the man talks like that in the pub, ok, no one requires exactness there, but this clearly does do the Maori no justice.Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118787154861082752005-06-15T10:12:00.000+12:002005-06-15T10:12:00.000+12:00From Graham Kelly:Our new immigrants from Asia are...From Graham Kelly:<BR/><BR/><I>Our new immigrants from Asia are one of our biggest problems, with their lack of understanding of conservation and the environment.<B> We often see them</B> strip mining a beach of periwinkles and having a boil-up. If you are interested in the next generation, you cannot do that. </I><BR/><BR/>I'm curious at how 'often' have we seen them doing as mentioned above (seing them on TV or other media doesn't count ofcourse). I personally never seen it myself, but that's probably because I don't go to beach that often.XXXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827007551114965940noreply@blogger.com