Paul Henry has been suspended for his remarks on an Indian-look Governor General on TV one’s breakfast show. Why? because the Governor General of NZ is different than other Kiwis andso that he is untouchable and can not be commented on TV?
Paul has made many horrible comments on many different Kiwis and non-Kiwis, many racist, none of them made him suspended, but this time, why?
I am not a fan of Mr Henry at all but I still dislike this suspension on him because the suspension is made because of an individual’s importance and it is not equal and surely unjustified.
Many Kiwis are very proud of the freedom of speech in New Zealand, I guess this tells a different story about wether there is such a thing in New Zealand as the FREEDOM of SPEECH.
Sad, isn’t it?
I think that was the appropriate response. He made an offensive comment, and while it was target a person who was also the GG, perhaps that was what was needed for people to step back and think, actually Paul Henry isn’t clever with his quips, but he actually is racist. Yay for freedom of speech, but as a public broadcaster, they are not obligated to give these racist views a platform to be dispersed from.