Enough Is Enough
Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 8:50 pm
Press Release: New Zealand First Party
August 21, 2002
Media Release
Enough Is
Enough
“Reports of 10 year olds watching pornographic
movies and smoking cannabis while home alone after school,
raise questions about the role of parents and the promotion
of such activities,” NZ First MP Craig McNair said.
“We
have to come to grips with the fact that our young are being
robbed by a drug that is obviously sanctioned by the Greens
and is having devastating consequences.”
“How long is it
going to take for the Greens to take their heads out of the
sand and face the facts? These are not activities that we
want to see our children involved in.”
“It’s time to
invest every grain of energy into seeing our children cross
the finish line of growing up through the hard stages of
life,” Mr McNair
concluded.
ENDS
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