tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post4073179865548980606..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Can I touch you?Lindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-23096014716587059922015-04-25T08:31:20.618+12:002015-04-25T08:31:20.618+12:00As a married man I touch no woman outside immediat...As a married man I touch no woman outside immediate family (except shaking hands as required) apart from my wife's friends who always initiate contact and only in wife's presence. I learned a long time ago to respect a woman's space.<br /><br />3:16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-18835565622764764462015-04-24T21:49:43.535+12:002015-04-24T21:49:43.535+12:00It if was just one single isolated incident with t...It if was just one single isolated incident with the waitress then one could cut him some slack. But doing it to a young girl, twice, with cameras rolling and John Campbell a mere three feet away suggests a very strong fetish-like compulsion that is perhaps sexual in nature.Urban Rednecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-49102246922245912972015-04-23T21:16:02.405+12:002015-04-23T21:16:02.405+12:00Occasionally I might even hug someone. Never did I...<i>Occasionally I might even hug someone. Never did I ask their permission.</i><br /><br />Did you ever pull their hair?<br /><br />Imagine if this waitress had decided it would be some jolly, good-natured banter to tweak the Prime Minister's ear every time he came to her cafe. Even assuming the PM's goons didn't wrestle her to the floor the first time she did it, how often do you think she'd get away with it before her mortified employers gave her the arse? He did it because his sense of entitlement led him to imagine he could get away with it - waitresses don't get to indulge themselves in similar levels of entitlement. It's great that he's being dipped in shit for what is inexcusable behaviour from someone in his position.Psycho Milthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779500926576047736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-63278175877912448772015-04-23T19:41:06.970+12:002015-04-23T19:41:06.970+12:00Hi David, how human do you like your public figure...Hi David, how human do you like your public figures - Berlusconi human?<br /><br />Is there a scale of touching that is universally acceptable, or might it impact people differently?<br /><br />I had long hair (once), I wouldn't have wanted John Key or Rob Muldoon (at the time) tugging my locks, thank you. :-)<br /><br /><br /><br />Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-20908777809138960322015-04-23T19:38:49.678+12:002015-04-23T19:38:49.678+12:00Big difference between and employee initiating a h...Big difference between and employee initiating a hug to a client and vice versa.<br /><br />How'd you feel if some creepily liberal guy came in to try to commission a portrait of John Key along the lines of Dorian Grey and insisted on hugging you before and afterwards?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-79216404924442677632015-04-23T16:42:04.265+12:002015-04-23T16:42:04.265+12:00I don't know how to contact you but you might ...I don't know how to contact you but you might find this new blogger interesting<br /><br />http://croakingcassandra.com/2015/04/22/welfare-benefit-numbers/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-25877714492243655192015-04-23T15:11:30.998+12:002015-04-23T15:11:30.998+12:00Comment via my email from David:
Brendan it sound...Comment via my email from David:<br /><br />Brendan it sounds as if the café was somewhere that Key felt that he was able to 'let his hair down' and that the owners and most staff were perfectly happy with that. If you force your public figures to be paragons all the time, you end up with Berlusconi antics behind closed doors. I think I prefer my senior public figures to be seen to be human. <br /> <br /><br />DavidLindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-64367387079620824682015-04-23T10:17:23.076+12:002015-04-23T10:17:23.076+12:00Hi Lindsay,
I agree with what you have said, in ...Hi Lindsay, <br /><br />I agree with what you have said, in the context of your home and studio.<br /><br />The problem for public figures including John Key and Roger Sutton, is that they hold a dual responsibility, both as a human being and as a senior public figure.<br /><br />A human response may be to hug, tug or express feelings and emotions in this way, but as a public figure you can always guarantee that someone will be offended by such actions. <br /><br />They are unsolicited and often unwelcome.<br /><br />For this reason, the 'golden rule' for men especially in this context, is 'keep your hands to yourself'.<br /><br />It was probably harmless, but it was stupid.Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com