‘JULIA Gillard has defended the Hey Hey It’s Saturday blackface skit, saying it was done with good intent.
The deputy Prime Minister, who is in the United States at the moment, said Hey Hey skits had always been done in the right spirit.’
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/comments/0,,26186302-952,00.html
“I think Hey Hey It’s Saturday in its heyday was known for a sense of humour, obviously I think whatever happened was meant to be humourous and would be taken in that spirit by most Australians,” Ms Gillard said.
Comment:
Well intentioned or not,it definitely hurts.Freedom of expression does nor mean licence to hurt others and apologizing later.Rightly or wrongly Australia is branded as racist(remember,Muttiah Muralidharan and other coloreds’ treatment in the cricket matches in Australia?).Combine this with attacks on Indians in Australia.What message does it convey?Some lumpen elements or some individuals , for the sake of money should never indulge in things that affects the name of the Nation.One must also recall the hue and cry raised over Andrew Symonds ‘monkey episode’?Why was a hue and cry then-people could have taken it as a joke.
Posted by: S.V.Ramanan of Bangalore 1:17pm today
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