Posts by Thom James

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  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    "'What DID you do to her, Tony?' (caps in original)

    Sick. Fucks. I've had raw tofu with more taste, and worn hot pants with more class.

    Agree. Crassness reminiscent of the most lurid of British tabs

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    Equally I think that it is plain wrong to condemn a person when so much is not known. The expletives against Tony and what amounts to threats, when events can only be surmised from Media reports, is dangerous. This is not a legal discussion on the the issues when a person is condemned and sentenced from the largely unknown. Does the fact that some person neither confirms nor denies, prove guilt? Should prominent people be excused because they are prominant? Of course not. Should they be condemned without evidence? Course not.

    It's not really a case of Veitch being "condemned" without evidence. He's been hoisted by his own petard; Veitch has fronted up to the media and admitted assaulting his ex-girlfriend, and has thus far not denied anything that has been reported. Regardless of what else comes to light, the inarguable fact is that he has physically assaulted someone.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    Please Thom, think hard about your use of the word "cunt" as the ultimate insult for a male.

    My bad

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    reputation into disrepute

    'Scuse my syntax

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    There surely can't be any question about what his employers do next. Clint Brown was sacked for an offence that, while despicable, was nowhere near as abhorrent as this. To keep Veitch on would be to condone domestic violence. His dismissal is a matter of when not if. Can't see how he could keep living in the goldfish bowl that is NZ after this.

    Morally 100% correct.... but legally? Employment law may not let them do that, if they were already aware of the issue... This is why so many of us want to know WHEN his employers became aware....

    It was part of the problem of getting rid of Clint Rickards, remember.

    Fletcher, I think it was mentioned earlier that media personalities generally have written into their contracts something around bringing their employers' reputation into disrepute by association. Hence Clint Brown's dismissal, Darren McDonald etc. So legally, both TVNZ and Radio Live would be well within their rights to give him the boot (pun not intended).

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    Would a single blow be the same as a "prolonged vicious beating"? We do not know.

    Ian, for all the assumptions being made, it is at the very least reasonable to presume that it was not a "single blow" that fractured a woman's back in four places.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    Hasn't his house been on the market for a while? Does he owe someone $100k or something?

    (dunno, might be putting the boot in a bit much myself here).

    Ouch. Kick a man while he's down eh...

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    That performance yesterday seemed mainly aimed at influencing what his employers do next, given the very deliberate wording that he used (after spending a couple of days with lawyers working out what to do next).

    There surely can't be any question about what his employers do next. Clint Brown was sacked for an offence that, while despicable, was nowhere near as abhorrent as this. To keep Veitch on would be to condone domestic violence. His dismissal is a matter of when not if. Can't see how he could keep living in the goldfish bowl that is NZ after this.

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    Woof. Here's a comments thread to raise your blood pressure.

    Oh wow. Did I read Owen McShane's comment right? Because I swear he's saying that Ms Dunne-Powell has to accept responsibility as much as Veitch...

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    You'll have to excuse my French, but I feel it is warranted here: what a cunt. Veitch has cultivated an image of cocksure, blokey machismo which I'm sure many Kiwi men identify with. To be guilty of an act of such craven cowardice and viciousness shows he is just typical of the streak of bastards amongst us at whom the 'It's Not Ok' campaign is squarely aimed, weak pricks who think beating seven shades out of a woman in some way attests to their masculinity.

    On has to feel for Ms Dunne-Powell. She will be reliving the trauma of an awful incident she would have hoped was behind her. Payoff or not, I'm sure she would far rather this was not being dredged up. Then again, would love to know what instigated the anonymous tip off to the Dom...

    Auckland • Since Apr 2007 • 63 posts Report Reply

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