“ WHERE IS THE BEEF...THE EVIDENCE? How much drugs, who was caught transporting, and transferring payloads, and which islands, and exactly how much money? We are not stupid idiots to hear propaganda from government officials and believe it. Enough already. Show us the evidence.
As for highlighting the NZ associate Finance Minister Shane Jones making inappropriate remarks: "failed island states" is ignoring the root of the problem while accusing him of being an insensitive "xenophobic".
Well we all know his reference to "closely (or grossly) island states" is pretty accurate. Similar to U.S. President Trump's insensitive "sh*** hole" countries remarks, we all wish these unfortunate characterizations were untrue. Shall we call them "Paradise" instead? Not if you were poor and one of those 23,500 people living under the poverty level.
I would wager to guess that the metaphors were more about the leaders of those countries and islands. They skim off the riches of those countries and islands while the ordinary people are living in pig sties. ”