Was he drunk?
September 25th, 2003 at 6:27 am by David FarrarYesterday on Newstalk ZB Paul Homes made a broadcast which today he has profusely apologised for in the face of near universal criticism.
Repeatedly calling Kofi Annan a “cheeky darkie” was stupid. He *may* have been trying to do a parody of how some people in society might react, but it did cross the line. To some degree the pity is that Holmes’ comments on the UN were 100% spot on, but this got lost amongst the “darkie”comments. To be fair to Annan I view him as one of the more competent UN Secretary-Generals, but the last one was totally incompetent, and one of the others was actually a former Nazi!
The joke about not keeping records so he is not Hitler was pretty bad taste also.
Just to show I am not totally without humour, I did laugh at the suggestion certain newspapers get very judgmental at certain times of the month.
The combination of the darkie, Hitler and time of month comments does make me wonder if he was drunk or high. I have no reason to think he was, but the reckless comments are the sort you are more likely to make when under the influence of something.
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September 25th, 2003 at 7:40 am
What is interesting is the comment from Phil:
Speaking from Washington DC, he said: “To make a comment that will be regarded as personally insulting to that man I think is highly regrettable.”
Insulting Bush is no issue of course and can be done by the PM without regret.
Vote:September 25th, 2003 at 8:02 am
Indeed. Perhaps Holmes should do a Clark style apology and not apologise for what he said, but just express regret if it caused offence.
Holmes was an idiot to say what he said, but consider the number of senior European MPs who have compared Bush to Hitler, and it puts it in context.
Vote:September 25th, 2003 at 8:49 am
Yeah Gavin here made the comment that Clark is happy to leap into action over Holmes’s comments but is silent on Corkery.
Vote:September 25th, 2003 at 5:32 pm
I was only half-listening and thought Holmes was taking the piss out of Bush – who we all know is a xenophobic Texan bigot, right? I usually zone out when he starts doing his little Hunter S Thompson riffs.
Vote:September 25th, 2003 at 5:34 pm
And is it true that Annan dated Sue Kedgely when they were both petty Turtle Bay bureaucrats? Hasn’t the poor sod suffered enough at the hands of New Zealanders?
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