Martin Doyle Cartoon: Welcome to Xenophobia

Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 11:03 am
Opinion: Martin Doyle

Welcome to Xenophobia

By Martin Doyle
13 Feb, 2013

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New Zealand First MP Richard Prosser's comments on Muslim men are jingoistic, and show a certain typical blindness we Kiwis have to our home-grown faults.

Ref: http://www.3news.co.nz/NZ-First-MP-Ban-Muslim-men-from-flying/tabid/1607/articleID/286500/Default.aspx

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