Paul Holmes talks about the disturbing double standard in the way Hone Harawira’s outburst has been treated. He does not add a lot to what has already been said in the blogosphere but he does make one intriguing remark.
Could it be, in fact, that they cannot refute what he says because they share his beliefs? [...]
The editorial in the Weekend Herald this morning makes the common and fundamental error that there are degrees of racism.
Racial discrimination does real harm when it is practised by members of a race with power, usually a democratic majority. When discrimination favours a minority, to preserve its identity perhaps, or boost its educational enrolments, it [...]
It is seldom that I agree with Hone Harawira, but I have to agree with his comment about the suggestion that he becomes an independent MP as the “Silliest idea I’ve heard“. For starters, Hone cast loose as an independent is just going to make him more of a nuisance than now. Currently, we only [...]
I know I am showing my age a bit here, but I can remember the days when newspapers used to report actual news. This is in direct contrast to this morning’s Herald (it certainly is “the weak-end” Herald). We have the mercurial Hone Harawira admitting to skipping official meetings (the ones we paid for him [...]
