Imperator Fish: A clarification

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1. ankerawshark 1

   28 January 2015 at 4:04 pm

   10000+ Scott
2. Tracey 2

   28 January 2015 at 4:08 pm

   willie jackson, well known feminist,, uses hua as a compliment. .
3. Jeeves 3

   28 January 2015 at 4:09 pm

   Whereas the term ‘hua’ may or may not mean something or other – the colloquiallism ‘hoor’ (pron. who’re, rather than whore) is a distinctly Irish slang term. It does mean ‘whore’ but certainly never has the same strength as ‘whore’. In Ireland a good looking woman could easily be described as a ‘cute hoor’, and friends would happily use it as a term of endearment of their female friends.

   The use of the term ‘whore’ in all its anglo-saxon crudeness would only ever be used in Ireland as a strongly derogatory slur. And having said this- the word ‘hoor’, when used outside of Ireland and not between friends, can only be construed as the utterance of a wee feckin bollix callin a nice colleen a whore.
   Shame on the c&nt.
   • Stephanie Rodgers 3.1

     29 January 2015 at 1:30 pm

     People can use much the same “logic” to argue that c&nt isn’t a derogatory term since many people use it as a joking term of affection.

     The fact Plunket and his defenders are focusing in on whether he said whore, hoor, or hua and exactly what he meant by that is a distraction from the whole pissy, whingey little rant he made, attacking Catton for her job, for daring to have an opinion, and for being an award-winning author.
     • Macro 3.1.1

       29 January 2015 at 1:50 pm

       Exactly!
       It

       is a distraction from the whole pissy, whingey little rant he made, attacking Catton for her job, for daring to have an opinion, and for being an award-winning author.

       QFT
     • rhinocrates 3.1.2

       29 January 2015 at 1:58 pm

       Indeed and our favourite amnesiac Hooton has joined in.

       The deliberate, disingenuous twisting of logic used so quickly and so energetically makes it quite clear just how cowardly they are.

       The squeals of the privileged are the shrillest.
     • Jeeves 3.1.3

       29 January 2015 at 2:10 pm

       My point was – that the term ‘hoor’ in this context can only be construed as derogatory, and no amount of semantics can get him out of it.

       Just to clarify- I used the term c&nt in its full derogatory sense without a skerrick of endearment.

       Apologies to any females who feel slurred by the association….
4. CnrJoe 4

   28 January 2015 at 4:09 pm

   Seans faux doofus accent/persona as he editorialised was just so very rarky..he soooo had an an eye on the ratings..
5. TeWhareWhero 5

   28 January 2015 at 4:12 pm

   I am so glad you clarified that for us.

   The low effort thinkers’ response to Ms Catton proves her point and the fact that that completely escapes them makes it all the more delicious.

   My Mum, who has aphasia as a result of a stroke, called Sean Plunkett ‘Pawn Slunkett’ the other day which I thought has a certain Dickensian ring to it that is entirely in keeping with his views on – well, just about everything.
   • trendy lefty 5.1

     29 January 2015 at 1:01 am

     🙂 Pawn Slunkett
     • Chooky 5.1.1

       29 January 2015 at 8:46 am

       +100 ….like it!…Pawn Slunket on National Radio was a bully when he would interview the Greens and continually interrupt and attack…particularly the women

       ….but when it came to the Nact male politicians he was totally slimey and servile…they had a free run without interruption

       …I can not stand him so don’t listen to the commercial stations…however I do hear reports about him and what he has said
6. logie97 6

   28 January 2015 at 4:18 pm

   Is that the same Plunkett who appeared to be using a refrain from a Garry Glitter song to announce his return from holiday to radio last week?
   • Chooky 6.1

     29 January 2015 at 8:48 am

     grandiosity…is a hallmark ….very self important
7. Kiwiri - Raided of the Last Shark 7

   28 January 2015 at 4:30 pm

   Based on the expectation and standard that a broadcaster’s role should be to entertain, inform and educate, the Plunket has – in my books – failed miserably.
   He has said little to earn my respect.
8. Paul 8

   28 January 2015 at 4:43 pm

   We are on the slippery slope to fascism.
9. stever 9

   28 January 2015 at 4:43 pm

   It’s enlightening to see how responses to Eleanor Catton divide politicians, broadcasters etc. into two sets:

   those who by their words (e.g. John Key, Sean Plunkett…) are walking illustrations of precisely the problem that Ms Catton was describing;

   and everyone else.
   • Macro 9.1

     28 January 2015 at 5:33 pm

     Well said
     • weka 9.1.1

       28 January 2015 at 6:00 pm

       +1

       spot on stever.
   • Chooky 9.2

     29 January 2015 at 8:02 am

     +100 stever…the right wing sycophant was remorseless and relentless in his attacks on Kim Dotcom and the Mana Internet Party

     …thank God he never got the NInetonoon radio slot on radionz that he coveted
   • tracey 9.3

     29 January 2015 at 12:57 pm

     cos Plunkett has never received taxpayer funding… oh wait a minute…
10. Aaron 10

    28 January 2015 at 5:00 pm

    I’m wondering what I can do that might get Sean PLunkett to call me names too. Surely it’s a badge of honour
    • Andrea 10.1

      29 January 2015 at 8:00 pm

      Can you wait until he’s widened his vocabulary beyond its current limitations?
11. greywarshark 11

    28 January 2015 at 5:04 pm

    Well that’s satisfctorily cleared the matter up for me. Anybody who still quibbles, and doesn’t realise that a whore is a legally respected, professional or semi-skilled sex worker, is a bore and some other word that would be appropriate (readers can supply their own – BYOS Bring your own slang. Nuances should be borne in mind and epithets should be avoided).

    I think that there needs to be a new etiquette book and slang list for the loose-lipped whose tongues too freely wave in the wind. Which seems to apply to most of the mouths on private radio.
12. Paul 12

    28 January 2015 at 5:07 pm

    I was reading article by Chris Hedges about the film American Sniper and how the reaction shows the ugly underbelly of US culture.
    When I got to this paragraph , I couldn’t fail but to see comparisons to sections of NZ society..especially in light of the Eleanor Catton story.

    ‘There is no shortage of simpletons whose minds are warped by this belief system. We elected one of them, George W. Bush, as president. They populate the armed forces and the Christian right. They watch Fox News and believe it. They have little understanding or curiosity about the world outside their insular communities. They are proud of their ignorance and anti-intellectualism. They prefer drinking beer and watching football to reading a book. And when they get into power—they already control the Congress, the corporate world, most of the media and the war machine—their binary vision of good and evil and their myopic self-adulation cause severe trouble for their country. “American Sniper,” like the big-budget feature films pumped out in Germany during the Nazi era to exalt deformed values of militarism, racial self-glorification and state violence, is a piece of propaganda, a tawdry commercial for the crimes of empire. That it made a record-breaking $105.3 million over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday long weekend is a symptom of the United States’ dark malaise.’

    http://www.alternet.org/culture/chris-hedges-american-sniper-caters-deep-sickness-rippling-through-society
13. greywarshark 13

    28 January 2015 at 6:07 pm

    @ Paul
    Bumper sticker “Get Drinking not Thinking”.
14. Gruntie 14

    28 January 2015 at 8:43 pm

    Boycott Plunket
    Boycott Henry
    Boycott Hoskin
    Boycott Williams (Larry)
    Boycott Biased Far Right Morons
    • Chooky 14.1

      29 January 2015 at 8:50 am

      +100…loathsome gollum Sméagols all
15. Lloyd 15

    28 January 2015 at 10:14 pm

    Don’t come the Raw Prawn with me
16. adam 16

    29 January 2015 at 1:43 am

    Imperator Fish – Thanks. And if you did get shit covered shoes, I’d be happy to chip in for some new ones.
17. saveNZ 17

    29 January 2015 at 8:36 am

    Right on. Sounds like a great interview.
    Also the new bumper sticker for Simpleton Smith
    Toot to Pollute
18. rhinocrates 18

    29 January 2015 at 1:43 pm

    Looks like Hoots has been hitting the turps again – he has a tendency to throw a tanty when he’s drunk:

    “just another sanctimonious narcissistic no-nothing leftie greenie”

    https://twitter.com/MatthewHootonNZ/status/560153747897073664

    Do you have her address Hoots?

    A nice article here that underlines the fundamental misogyny that’s come to the fore here with Plunket and Hooton, both of whom have trouble with women with opinions:

    https://overland.org.au/2015/01/on-the-attacks-against-eleanor-catton/

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