How this writer (i.e., moi) goaded Leighton Smith this morning
If you were sick or apathetic or depressed or silly enough to sit
through Leighton Smith’s programme this morning, you would have sat up
sharply just before the 11 o’clock news. as Smith suddenly began
barking madly.
through Leighton Smith’s programme this morning, you would have sat up
sharply just before the 11 o’clock news. as Smith suddenly began
barking madly.
This is what he yelled: “Morrissey from Northcote Point, you’re a N-N-
NUTCASE!!!! Go away and DON”T bother me again!!!! Go and get a job!
The world is made up of some STRA-A-A-A-A-ANGE people! Strewth!”
NUTCASE!!!! Go away and DON”T bother me again!!!! Go and get a job!
The world is made up of some STRA-A-A-A-A-ANGE people! Strewth!”
To be fair to the great broadcaster, this was not the start of the
Deakeresque on-air meltdown many of his listeners are still waiting
for. He had been goaded into this outburst after reading a couple of
letters from yours truly. When rational discussion is off the table,
what else can a great communicator do?
Deakeresque on-air meltdown many of his listeners are still waiting
for. He had been goaded into this outburst after reading a couple of
letters from yours truly. When rational discussion is off the table,
what else can a great communicator do?
Here are the missives I sent to him that prompted that extraordinary
display of bile...
display of bile...
FIRST LETTER.....
Fruit and veges "the perfect market"? Get real, Leighton!
Dear Leighton,
The following took place on your programme just before 9 o'clock.
While it is largely banal, it is interesting in as far as it reveals
the poverty of your thought and analysis, and the condescension, that
you routinely inflict on your listeners....
The following took place on your programme just before 9 o'clock.
While it is largely banal, it is interesting in as far as it reveals
the poverty of your thought and analysis, and the condescension, that
you routinely inflict on your listeners....
LEIGHTON SMITH: It seems to me that the fruit and vege market is the
market working in its purest form. Take avacadoes for example. In the
summertime you can buy five for a dollar, but yesterday I saw ONE
selling for three dollars and sixty-seven cents. That suggests that
avacadoes are in short supply right now, hence the high price. It’s a
perfect market.
market working in its purest form. Take avacadoes for example. In the
summertime you can buy five for a dollar, but yesterday I saw ONE
selling for three dollars and sixty-seven cents. That suggests that
avacadoes are in short supply right now, hence the high price. It’s a
perfect market.
Unlike you, Leighton, your caller Hayden actually has some knowledge
of the fruit and vege markets, and was having none of that...
of the fruit and vege markets, and was having none of that...
HAYDEN: I used to work in a New World store and it bothered me when I
found out that the markup on fruit and veges was 20 per cent or more.
And the manager told me it was because they were selling Coke and
rubbish like that as loss leaders, and they made up for it on things
like vegetables.
found out that the markup on fruit and veges was 20 per cent or more.
And the manager told me it was because they were selling Coke and
rubbish like that as loss leaders, and they made up for it on things
like vegetables.
LEIGHTON SMITH: Why would they DO that? Tell me, WHY would they do
that? Why would they put a huge margin on health foods which many of
their clientele just by-pass anyway? That makes no SENSE!
that? Why would they put a huge margin on health foods which many of
their clientele just by-pass anyway? That makes no SENSE!
Of course, the idea that people actually DO have to buy fruit and
vegetables does not seem to have occurred to you. In spite of your
bafflement and sneering condescension, nearly all people, even the
poor, do actually buy fruit and vegetables and do not eat a diet
exclusively of hot dogs and fish and chips.
vegetables does not seem to have occurred to you. In spite of your
bafflement and sneering condescension, nearly all people, even the
poor, do actually buy fruit and vegetables and do not eat a diet
exclusively of hot dogs and fish and chips.
The thought that the selling of fruit and vegetables is anything but a
perfect market and that the supermarkets ruthlessly manipulate the
prices, does not seem to have occurred to you.
You are better than this, Leighton.
Yours sincerely,
Morrissey Breen
Northcote Point
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SECOND LETTER.....
perfect market and that the supermarkets ruthlessly manipulate the
prices, does not seem to have occurred to you.
You are better than this, Leighton.
Yours sincerely,
Morrissey Breen
Northcote Point
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SECOND LETTER.....
Interesing to see your obsession with pack rape...
Dear Leighton,
Interesting to see that this morning you're on about abortion, to
which, strangely for someone who last year loudly supported the mass
killing of children in Gaza, you seem to be opposed. It's an ugly
subject, but I note it does give you the opportunity to indulge two of
your not-so-secret obsessions: gang rape and the most shockingly
virulent Australian-bred racism....
Dear Leighton,
Interesting to see that this morning you're on about abortion, to
which, strangely for someone who last year loudly supported the mass
killing of children in Gaza, you seem to be opposed. It's an ugly
subject, but I note it does give you the opportunity to indulge two of
your not-so-secret obsessions: gang rape and the most shockingly
virulent Australian-bred racism....
LEIGHTON SMITH: You have a wife?
MALE CALLER: Yes.
LEIGHTON SMITH: Now imagine her being pack-raped.
MALE CALLER: Okayyyyy...
MALE CALLER: Yes.
LEIGHTON SMITH: Now imagine her being pack-raped.
MALE CALLER: Okayyyyy...
A few minutes later, you were talking to a woman...
SMITH: Got a daughter?
FEMALE CALLER: Yes I do. She was born last year. She’s the apple of my
eye.
SMITH: Hrrrrumph. Now imagine in 14 or 15 years’ time, she gets pack
raped.
FEMALE CALLER: Y-y-y-y-yeees?
SMITH: Pack-raped. Raped in the worst manner possible. Raped by people
you would never let in to your life in any way ever.
FEMALE CALLER: Well, I would...
SMITH: Let me push you just a fraction further. Your daughter comes
and lives with you with this errrrrrrr genetically different baby.
You
now have this grandchild living with you who would be, ahhhhhmmm,
different from you. Genetically. Could you live with it?
SMITH: Got a daughter?
FEMALE CALLER: Yes I do. She was born last year. She’s the apple of my
eye.
SMITH: Hrrrrumph. Now imagine in 14 or 15 years’ time, she gets pack
raped.
FEMALE CALLER: Y-y-y-y-yeees?
SMITH: Pack-raped. Raped in the worst manner possible. Raped by people
you would never let in to your life in any way ever.
FEMALE CALLER: Well, I would...
SMITH: Let me push you just a fraction further. Your daughter comes
and lives with you with this errrrrrrr genetically different baby.
You
now have this grandchild living with you who would be, ahhhhhmmm,
different from you. Genetically. Could you live with it?
What were you hinting at here, ever so broadly and unsubtly? Why don't
you just come out with it and stop using weasel words, Leighton?
Yours sincerely,
Morrissey Breen
Northcote Point
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Once again fellas....
“Morrissey from Northcote Point, you’re a N-N-NUTCASE!!!! Go away and
DON”T bother me again!!!! Go and get a job! The world is made up of
some STRA-A-A-A-A-ANGE people! Strewth!”
you just come out with it and stop using weasel words, Leighton?
Yours sincerely,
Morrissey Breen
Northcote Point
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Once again fellas....
“Morrissey from Northcote Point, you’re a N-N-NUTCASE!!!! Go away and
DON”T bother me again!!!! Go and get a job! The world is made up of
some STRA-A-A-A-A-ANGE people! Strewth!”
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On Jul 5, 4:40 pm, Radio Transcripts Ltd <daisycutterspo...@lycos.com>
rather cheekily coopted the facilities of this organisation and posted
the following:
> How this writer (i.e., moi) goaded Leighton Smith this morning
>
> If you were sick or apathetic or depressed or silly enough to sit
> through Leighton Smith’s programme this morning, you would have sat up
> sharply just before the 11 o’clock news. as Smith suddenly began
> barking madly.
>
> This is what he yelled: “Morrissey from Northcote Point, you’re a N-N-
> NUTCASE!!!! Go away and DON”T bother me again!!!! Go and get a job!
> The world is made up of some STRA-A-A-A-A-ANGE people! Strewth!”
>
> To be fair to the great broadcaster, this was not the start of the
> Deakeresque on-air meltdown many of his listeners are still waiting
> for. He had been goaded into this outburst after reading a couple of
> letters from yours truly. When rational discussion is off the table,
> what else can a great communicator do?
>
> Here are the missives I sent to him that prompted that extraordinary
> display of bile...
>
> FIRST LETTER.....
>
> To: leigh...@newstalkzb.co.nz
> To: leigh...@newstalkzb.co.nz
rather cheekily coopted the facilities of this organisation and posted
the following:
> How this writer (i.e., moi) goaded Leighton Smith this morning
>
> If you were sick or apathetic or depressed or silly enough to sit
> through Leighton Smith’s programme this morning, you would have sat up
> sharply just before the 11 o’clock news. as Smith suddenly began
> barking madly.
>
> This is what he yelled: “Morrissey from Northcote Point, you’re a N-N-
> NUTCASE!!!! Go away and DON”T bother me again!!!! Go and get a job!
> The world is made up of some STRA-A-A-A-A-ANGE people! Strewth!”
>
> To be fair to the great broadcaster, this was not the start of the
> Deakeresque on-air meltdown many of his listeners are still waiting
> for. He had been goaded into this outburst after reading a couple of
> letters from yours truly. When rational discussion is off the table,
> what else can a great communicator do?
>
> Here are the missives I sent to him that prompted that extraordinary
> display of bile...
>
> FIRST LETTER.....
>
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While we support Breen's campaign against this witless old wine-maker,
we do not approve of his using our computer to post his messages, as
he has just done. Following an unseemly row at the 2006 Daisycutter
Sports Inc. Christmas party, Breen was expelled from this
organisation, and has been forbidden access to our computers as well
as to our women, at least while they are on the premises.
we do not approve of his using our computer to post his messages, as
he has just done. Following an unseemly row at the 2006 Daisycutter
Sports Inc. Christmas party, Breen was expelled from this
organisation, and has been forbidden access to our computers as well
as to our women, at least while they are on the premises.
Breen has agreed to post a formal apology for his transgression of our
agreement.
agreement.
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Leighton Smith is generally not worth listening to, but being outdone
in nuttiness and stupidity is probably something he doesn't come up
against often, even in the nutty world of talk-back. It just goes to
show there can be times when it is possible to quite reasonably have
sympathy even for Leighton Smith.
in nuttiness and stupidity is probably something he doesn't come up
against often, even in the nutty world of talk-back. It just goes to
show there can be times when it is possible to quite reasonably have
sympathy even for Leighton Smith.
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On Jul 5, 4:50 pm, Radio Transcripts Ltd <daisycutterspo...@lycos.com>
wrote:
wrote:
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Used the wrong account eh Mo?
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On Jul 5, 4:56 pm, Rich80...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:40:03 -0700 (PDT), Radio Transcripts Ltd
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:40:03 -0700 (PDT), Radio Transcripts Ltd
>
>
>
>
>
> <daisycutterspo...@lycos.com> wrote:
> >How this writer (i.e., moi) goaded Leighton Smith this morning
>
> >If you were sick or apathetic or depressed or silly enough to sit
> >through Leighton Smith s programme this morning, you would have sat up
> >sharply just before the 11 o clock news. as Smith suddenly began
> >barking madly.
>
> >This is what he yelled: Morrissey from Northcote Point, you re a N-N-
> >NUTCASE!!!! Go away and DON T bother me again!!!! Go and get a job!
> >The world is made up of some STRA-A-A-A-A-ANGE people! Strewth!
>
> >To be fair to the great broadcaster, this was not the start of the
> >Deakeresque on-air meltdown many of his listeners are still waiting
> >for. He had been goaded into this outburst after reading a couple of
> >letters from yours truly. When rational discussion is off the table,
> >what else can a great communicator do?
>
> >Here are the missives I sent to him that prompted that extraordinary
> >display of bile...
>
> >FIRST LETTER.....
>
> >To: leigh...@newstalkzb.co.nz> >How this writer (i.e., moi) goaded Leighton Smith this morning
>
> >If you were sick or apathetic or depressed or silly enough to sit
> >through Leighton Smith s programme this morning, you would have sat up
> >sharply just before the 11 o clock news. as Smith suddenly began
> >barking madly.
>
> >This is what he yelled: Morrissey from Northcote Point, you re a N-N-
> >NUTCASE!!!! Go away and DON T bother me again!!!! Go and get a job!
> >The world is made up of some STRA-A-A-A-A-ANGE people! Strewth!
>
> >To be fair to the great broadcaster, this was not the start of the
> >Deakeresque on-air meltdown many of his listeners are still waiting
> >for. He had been goaded into this outburst after reading a couple of
> >letters from yours truly. When rational discussion is off the table,
> >what else can a great communicator do?
>
> >Here are the missives I sent to him that prompted that extraordinary
> >display of bile...
>
> >FIRST LETTER.....
>
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You just don't get it, do you? The nuttiness and stupidity of talkback
is not due to the callers, it's all the responsibility of the host.
Have you noticed that smart and informed hosts get smart and informed
callers?
is not due to the callers, it's all the responsibility of the host.
Have you noticed that smart and informed hosts get smart and informed
callers?
>
> It just goes to
> show there can be times when it is possible to quite reasonably have
> sympathy even for Leighton Smith.
> It just goes to
> show there can be times when it is possible to quite reasonably have
> sympathy even for Leighton Smith.
How is it nutty or stupid to confront this fellow with his own
vacuity, racism and sexual obsession? You seem to have no concept of
the role of satire...
vacuity, racism and sexual obsession? You seem to have no concept of
the role of satire...
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I did, Bubba, and there is no excuse. Keep an eye out for the formal
apology I have agreed to post.
apology I have agreed to post.
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On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:08:04 -0700 (PDT), Mo <morriss...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
wrote:
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If "Leighton Smith is generally not worth listening to" wasn;t enough
to give you a clue, the rest of the sentence should have given you the
idea that I have a very low opinion of talk-back, but regard Smith as
being at the nuttier and stupid end.
to give you a clue, the rest of the sentence should have given you the
idea that I have a very low opinion of talk-back, but regard Smith as
being at the nuttier and stupid end.
>> It just goes to
>> show there can be times when it is possible to quite reasonably have
>> sympathy even for Leighton Smith.
>
>How is it nutty or stupid to confront this fellow with his own
>vacuity, racism and sexual obsession? You seem to have no concept of
>the role of satire...
>> show there can be times when it is possible to quite reasonably have
>> sympathy even for Leighton Smith.
>
>How is it nutty or stupid to confront this fellow with his own
>vacuity, racism and sexual obsession? You seem to have no concept of
>the role of satire...
Your post didn't read as satire, just someone being unnecessarily
nasty.
nasty.
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On Jul 5, 5:20 pm, Rich80...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:08:04 -0700 (PDT), Mo <morrisseybr...@yahoo.com>
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:08:04 -0700 (PDT), Mo <morrisseybr...@yahoo.com>
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Yes, I understood you.
>
> >> It just goes to
> >> show there can be times when it is possible to quite reasonably have
> >> sympathy even for Leighton Smith.
>
> >How is it nutty or stupid to confront this fellow with his own
> >vacuity, racism and sexual obsession? You seem to have no concept of
> >the role of satire...
>
> Your post didn't read as satire, just someone being unnecessarily nasty.
> >> It just goes to
> >> show there can be times when it is possible to quite reasonably have
> >> sympathy even for Leighton Smith.
>
> >How is it nutty or stupid to confront this fellow with his own
> >vacuity, racism and sexual obsession? You seem to have no concept of
> >the role of satire...
>
> Your post didn't read as satire, just someone being unnecessarily nasty.
Well, that's satire. It's not nice. I held up the mirror to some nasty
stuff. Your beef is surely with those responsible for vomiting out the
nastiness, not the one (i.e., moi) holding up the mirror.
stuff. Your beef is surely with those responsible for vomiting out the
nastiness, not the one (i.e., moi) holding up the mirror.
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On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:31:49 -0700 (PDT), Mo <morriss...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
wrote:
>On Jul 5, 5:20 pm, Rich80...@hotmail.com wrote:
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Nah - for once Leighton Smith got something right if your quote is
correct - and I'm not going to attempt to check.
correct - and I'm not going to attempt to check.
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On Jul 5, 5:33 pm, Rich80...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:31:49 -0700 (PDT), Mo <morrisseybr...@yahoo.com>
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:31:49 -0700 (PDT), Mo <morrisseybr...@yahoo.com>
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Which bit did he get right? His idiotic sub-sophomoric understanding
of "market forces" or his racially and sexually charged obscene
fantasies?
of "market forces" or his racially and sexually charged obscene
fantasies?
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On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:50:25 -0700 (PDT), Radio Transcripts Ltd
<daisycut...@lycos.com> wrote:
<daisycut...@lycos.com> wrote:
Following an unseemly row at the 2006 Daisycutter
>Sports Inc. Christmas party, Breen was expelled from this
>organisation, and has been forbidden access to our computers as well
>as to our women, at least while they are on the premises.
>Sports Inc. Christmas party, Breen was expelled from this
>organisation, and has been forbidden access to our computers as well
>as to our women, at least while they are on the premises.
His unhealthy obsession with things inflatable got the better of him
after he drank more than his fair share of the punch and fell into the
balloons.
after he drank more than his fair share of the punch and fell into the
balloons.
Bill.
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On Jul 5, 5:39 pm, BR <bugger...@spammer.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:50:25 -0700 (PDT), Radio Transcripts Ltd
>
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:50:25 -0700 (PDT), Radio Transcripts Ltd
>
> <daisycutterspo...@lycos.com> wrote:
>
> Following an unseemly row at the 2006 Daisycutter
>
> >Sports Inc. Christmas party, Breen was expelled from this
> >organisation, and has been forbidden access to our computers as well
> >as to our women, at least while they are on the premises.
>
> His unhealthy obsession with things inflatable got the better of him
> after he drank more than his fair share of the punch and fell into the
> balloons.
>
> Bill.
>
> Following an unseemly row at the 2006 Daisycutter
>
> >Sports Inc. Christmas party, Breen was expelled from this
> >organisation, and has been forbidden access to our computers as well
> >as to our women, at least while they are on the premises.
>
> His unhealthy obsession with things inflatable got the better of him
> after he drank more than his fair share of the punch and fell into the
> balloons.
>
> Bill.
You're getting warm, Bill.
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On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:38:04 -0700 (PDT), Mo <morriss...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
wrote:
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The bit that started: "Morrissey from Northcote Point, you re a
N-N-NUTCASE!!!! "
N-N-NUTCASE!!!! "
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On Jul 5, 5:59 pm, Rich80...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:38:04 -0700 (PDT), Mo <morrisseybr...@yahoo.com>
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:38:04 -0700 (PDT), Mo <morrisseybr...@yahoo.com>
- show quoted text -
Oh. That bit. Fair enough, then!
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