Media Release
7 June 2002
Margaret Wilson Fails The Reality Test Yet Again
“The report of the Attorney General, Margaret Wilson released today which says the rights of boy racers and street hoons
to continue their reign of terror and criminal behaviour should be preserved, and that they should not have their cars
impounded, is just another example of her political correctness having become farcical, said New Zealand First Leader
and MP for Tauranga Rt Hon Winston Peters.
“Communities throughout the length and breadth of New Zealand have had enough of this politically correct nonsense and
will see this latest absurdity, as further evidence, if any were necessary, that Ms Wilson and her hand wringing PC
colleagues have lost the plot completely.
“How on earth one can come to the conclusion that such dangerous behaviour, as evidenced in most every city and town in
New Zealand on Friday and Saturday nights, is in anyway a right protected by New Zealand’s Bill of Rights is totally
beyond me,” said Mr Peters.
“The rights of the law abiding majority in our communities, to go about their lawful business without the danger of
being run down by boy racers or drunken youths is of far greater importance to me and those I represent, than the
misguided rantings of a lightweight ex university lecturer, more concerned with protecting the rights of criminals than
the rest of us,” he said.
“Ms Wilson will receive a salutary lesson in the facts of parliamentary life when she attempts to stand in the way of
the impending legislation now before the Parliament, to curb the excesses of street crime,” Mr Peters warned.
“Academic posturing has no place in the real world,” concluded Mr Peters.
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