The Paul Henry Douchebag Thread

No Tegal.

My argument: We shouldn't call somone an f-in this or that, especially if you are not aware of what they have done. Probably not a nice thing to do even if they are- there's a fair amount of restraint on this forum!

The Commonwealth nations agreed to take all practical steps to avoid sporting contacts with Apartheid South Africa. Muldoon decided to break that agreement in order to win the 1981 election on law and order issues in the rural rugby loving marginal seats. Which he ended up doing, despite the opposition having more votes than him over all.

John Minto stood up to racism, both here and in South Africa, and for the New Zealanders who thought we should be honouring our commitment to the Commonwealth and not supporting the Apartheid regime.

This is something important to our countries' history- we saw police on the streets  in riot gear some without patches, we saw someone threatening to fly a plane into a grandstand, we saw mobs of rugby supporters in Hamilton without fear of police intervention go round dragging protestors from their houses and beating them up.

This is important to me as a New Zealander, who doesn't believe in categorising and segregating people by the appearance of their skin, as was done in Apartheid South Africa.

Seriously though- Patu is worth watching and it is all online at NZ on Screen.
martinb2010-10-08 09:56:04

 

Making the headlines...

 

 

dairyflat2010-10-08 10:10:42

dairyflat2010-10-08 10:10:53

Cosimo2010-10-08 10:58:52

You could maybe get away with just laughing at a name, Paul Henry went further and said this:

Colvinator2010-10-08 11:31:21

Finally
people are seeing it for what it is.
The Henry episode is causing people to wake up to the fact that our formerly credible and reliable news service on our public broadcasting television is in fact a COMEDY show and  merely light entertainment....and that will probably be the excuse..."he was only having a laff!"

This dicksh*t thing is completely blown out of proportion. On the radio the other day they were taking the piss out of it. But the interesting thing today on the Edge, they played an interview with her where she said it's pronounced Dick sh*t. So the people who say it's Dixit are completely wrong.

I don't defend what Henry said for a moment but I think the reaction has grown to be completely disproportionate to the offence.

The issue isn't the pronunciation. It's what he said after he laughed about the name - "it's funny because she's Indian...etc"

I agree that he crossed the line. My view though, is that he said something that certainly was racist, but I don't think PH is 'a racist'. He says things for entertainment, purposely pushing the boundaries with controversial remarks because it GENERALLY is entertaining. I don't think he rehearses any of it and gets carried away occasionally. I genuinely don't think he thinks Indian people are inferior to himself - which basically defines racism.

A boycott Breakfast until they bring back Paul Henry page, has got over 14000 people attending on Facebook.

14,000 dorks can use the internet.

Last time I looked a stuff poll had only 35% of respondents think he should be sacked.

Facebook groups are the back bone of any political decision in the world.

someone start a poll. i've never done it and cbf finding out how to.

This Paul Henry guy, is he -

a) retarded,

b) a 4th former or

c) a retarded 4th former?

OMG

so none of you lot think Diksh*t is a funny name ?

C.

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much.

tell me the point.

clearly you're a racist whooooooo so explaining it to you would be pointless.  The forum was better when you were retired.

George Costanza2010-10-10 14:25:53

why would you call me a racist when all i'm asking is why the name Diksh*t is not funny to you ?

I'm guessing the name Wayne King is not funny either.......

Whoooo: If you don't get the point, you will never get the point. No one gives a rat's arse as to whether you think her name is funny, it's irrelevant. Read Paul Henry's quote again and come back and tell us whether you think it is racist.

look, I think he stepped over the line when he said "it's appropriate cause she's Indian" but in saying that I think he is talking about something else entirely. For example the commonwealth games.

the fact is People have over reacted and now all the Paul haters have come out of their holes now because they can have a feed.

ffs BREAKFAST is morning entertainment. Without him = no entertainment = me not watching which surely = 1000's not watching = no more BREAKFAST.

your assuming that his opinion is a funny, b appropriate for morning telly and c that your opinion is the same as anyone elses.......pretty sure your wrong on all 3 points.

While it is fair enough to say there has been an over-reaction, stories on the Herald website this week on Paul Henry have been incredibly popular and it is safe to assume that has been the case elsewhere. The response from the public has been immense, from both supporters and those who are appalled. It is worth noting that while some correspondence shows people are over-reacting, a lot of those who have come out in support have been overtly racist in doing so. You should see some of the emails we got at the Herald. This whole issue really has exposed an underlying issue of racism in our country that should be talked about and addressed. More often than not, ignorance lies at the heart of it. If this controversy gets us to address it, good.

Paul Henry has resigned. That's the end of me watching breakfast in the mornings.

I am actually upset about it.
I won't be watching breakfast.
I just hope that Paul can come back on a show that will let him be the way he is.

Same.

So you won't watch a TV programme because one of the presenters isn't on it?

Does that imply that the content of the programme was secondary to the presenter?

+1.

Hopefully he can start up a new show as Stefan said. Although I expect they will be some time away.

Presenters are rather important to shows like that, wouldn't you say?

@J82

Yes. Basically was 'The Paul Henry Show'.TopLeft072010-10-10 18:37:08

Fair enough - each to their own.

I had assumed it presented news and information with a bit of commentary.

I only would watch it when I was travelling - and not for long. Couldn't stand the man.

I don't have a lot of time for Henry but him "resigning" is a punishment totally disproportionate to the offence - when you assess the offence in the context etc it was committed.

Yeah to me it was the PH show with the added extras of current news/sport/weather (obviously) but it was usually the news where he got his ammo from so it always ended in him stirring something/someone up. Love him.

What he said.

Agree Whitby boy