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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Atrocities from The Herald

Taken from The NZ Herald:

A grass-roots rugby representative is so upset about the 'throat-cutting' gesture in the All blacks' new haka that he says he will lay a "threatening to kill" complaint with police if he sees the haka again. But the Rugby Union (NZRU) says the gesture was misinterpreted. The All Blacks performed the haka - Kapa o Pango - on Saturday before their game against Australia. Errol Anderson, vice-president and treasurer of the Featherston Rugby Club, said yesterday the finger across the throat gesture could only be seen as a threat. "There's only one interpretation of a throat-slitting gesture and that is a threat to kill," Mr Anderson said. If he saw the gesture again he would resign from his position at the Featherston rugby club and make a complaint to the police.

Excuse me if I"m a bit blunt here, but What in the name of Buck Shelford is this guy on? For a start, the Haka is not being performed AT YOU, thus it can't be a direct threat to kill, unless, by performing the Haka on tv, live to millions of NZ and Australian viewers you think the Allblacks mean to kill the entire NZ and Australian population - which would be Genocide, or at the very least Terrorism, and you might need to do some convincing to get that one past the police.

Idiot.

Also, who cares if some dude in Featherston is offended by the Haka? I'm more surprised at the Herald for indulging in this loser's bullshit by running the article at all. As New Zealanders, we expect that some Politically Correct lunatic would complain about something, but we don't expect the media to pander to these idiots.

Anyway, here's the bit that amuses me most:

If he saw the gesture again he would resign from his position at the Featherston
rugby club and make a complaint to the police.

uhoh, he'll resign!!! What will we do???

although I will admit, Richie's looking alot less than his fine self in this particular image demonstrating the 'offensive' gesture.