Mr Keizer said although there is no record of a secret taping being used as a political stunt "I think it was a simple thing to do". He came up with the idea within a day, believing that the National Party had secret agendas and there was no way they could keep them secret at a cocktail party.
"I thought that the National party wasn't really being truthful with its intentions so I conducted my own form of journalism, and was quite appalled by what I heard, so clearly thought it was in the public interest to have this information released."
Wrong Keizer! It's not in the public interest - it is in your own self-interest, and the interest of the Labour Party - the only beneficiaries of votes leaking for National. And why tape conversations in the first place if it was not your intention to release them? It sounds like a fair cop on the grounds of "malice aforethought" to us!!
Keeping Stock believes this was a cheap political stunt, condoned by the Labour Party - how else could you explain the sudden appearance of the Two Johns - Iraq advertisements on Tuesday night? I hope the incoming National government takes a VERY close look at Mr Keizer's immigration status.
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Fuck "taking a close look".
Deport the bastard.
When will you and Whale and all the rest
realize that when you're in government you govern
You decide. You act.
you want Kezier out - you throw him out.
you want (geographic) FPP back - you bring it back
you want Unions banned - you ban them.
you want labour deregistered for corruption - you get them deregistered.
It's called government.
For one Keizer is a NZ citizen and has spent most of his life here. Advocating the casting out of an opponent of the reigning political party is simply undemocratic and, moreover, a morally vacuous position.
Nonetheless; "Public interest"; this is a tricky term, who is the arbiter of what is in the "public interest"? Public interest is a multifaceted thing - some people want one thing others want other things.
As far as Kees being aligned with Labour; a moment's rational thought can clear this up.
1 - Kees lives in Wellington and is politically active
2 - A efficacious political activist in Wellington will generally correspond with either primarily right or left wing activists.
3 - Wellington is a small city; activists on either side of the spectrum can all be connected with members of the flagship party of their "wing".
QED.
To restate - Kees may be a raving Marxist for all you know, in which case he'd disagree massively with the ideologies of the Labour party... Nonetheless, if he leads efficacious political life he will know and correspond with Labour supporters and members... and may well vote Labour simply to keep the Nats at bay. The same can be said of the other side.. a efficacious raving Nazi looney will be affiliated with the Nats one way or another.
Now I'm not saying Kees is a Marxist nutbar, nor am I saying that National are Nazis (both simple ideas derivable from my use of a reductio ad absurdum argument), I'm just saying that connecting a Wellington leftist to Labour is easy - but a gross simplification of a persons political stance.
I think the primary piece of flawed logic in your post was the statement: "Wrong Keizer! It's not in the public interest - it is in your own self-interest, and the interest of the Labour Party". This knee-jerk statement demands that public interest and the interest of Kees, the Labour Party, and its supporters be mutually exclusive. It's a piece of despotic reasoning.
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