Wed, 08 Sep 2010

Maurice Williamson's jokes - racist?

Do you find either of MP Maurice Williamson's jokes, centred around Pacific Islanders and Muslims, racist?

The MP, while presenting two awards at a ceremony hosted by the New Zealand Institute of Building, Mr Williamson reportedly asked MC Oscar Kightley - a Samoan – if his "papers were in order". He then asked "What is the difference between Muslims and Kiwis? Muslims get to commit adultery and get stoned, Kiwis get stoned and commit adultery."

A joke about the weather then followed; that it's "Shi'ite in the morning and Sunni in the afternoon."

Do you find any of the MP's comments either racist or offensive?

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By John

Of course not...It's the TRUTH
well done Maurice...you'll get plenty of mileage and votes. Keep it up..
John

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By Alan Ireland

Such jokes are puerile, rather than offensive. They betray a shallow intellect.

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By Lawrence

That's not a bad joke. It's funny enough and nicely ironic. It also makes a very valid point, and besides, it's very difficult to say something bad about Islam that isn't actually true. Maurice did well to say what he did, and I admire that. I prefer it to the pusillanimous dhimmitudes we have to put up with from British Prime Ministers like David Cameron!

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By Lars Molderson

Is Islam a race? Don't abuse Words to make them harmless. Jokes are expression of free speech. And religions or people who are always offended, are best example for further jokes.

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By malik

i think its not fare. no one has right to make fun of others and by the way joks are for fun and smile on peopls faces not to break heart of millions of peopls.

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By Muhammad Ismail

I dont see anything except laughing even Kiwis are also part of that giggle

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By Wacky Jabber

Enough of being always politically correct. Muslims should learn to laugh at jokes and not only while watching beheadings.

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By Steve Nelson

not racist or offensive