Sunday Star Times
December 16, 2001
Page C6, Focus
Frank Haden
Once I admired
Phil Goff. A most pleasant fellow to meet, he was one of the few members of
this administration to show he had his feet on the ground, a man with the
compassion his party professes but realistic about putting idealistic theories
into effect.
Now he’s ruined
everything with his blinkered refusal to read Lynley Hood’s book proving the
unsustainability of Peter Ellis’s conviction.
I’ve been sent
these lines, in the style of Dr Seuss, written by Lynley Hood’s son David:
I
will not read that book by Hood
I
will not, will not, say it's good
I
will just say the courts are right
I
do not want to see the light
I
will not read about that case
I
am so scared of losing face
I
want to keep the status quo
I
will not read it, so I say
I
wish that book would go away
I
will not read that woman's book
I
will not even take a look
I
will not read it, not a bit
In
case I have to act on it