They won't come to NZ coz we don't like their nuclear weapons and we would refuse to let them teach us to say "Howdy Pardner" and "have a nice day" "do you want fries with that?" What do they say to you if all you buy is FRIES?
Here is how much sympathy the NZ government have for yanks:
You may or may not have heard of a song called "Eve of Destruction" Listen to it! It is almost exactly what you have just been sayin Chris in fact I will post the Lyrics below. It was performed by Barry Macguire in the mid sixties and was a huge hit. They banned it in NZ because they felt it inflamatory and inciting anti vietnam war riots. In NZ that would have meant three blokes with a placard at the nearest bus station. Anyway the point of the story is Barry hooked up with a Kiwi chick and over the years they have split their time between NZ and USA. Barry is getting on a bit these days and decides he would like to retire and settle permanantly in NZ with his KIWI wife and live in the huge house just up the road from me that they built together years ago and have been living in on and off.
Guess what, NZ refused his application for residency even after all these years of living and working here six months at a time, even after marrying his long term partner, despite the fact he has not broken any laws and was a quite famous local identity who had time for anyone that happened to recognise him. He did shit loads of music recordings and live performances over the years all around the world but this song is the one he is best remembered for.
PS
Do you wanna know the reason he was refused? He has a pacemaker and may be a burden on our health system in the future EFFING CRAP
If that is what they do for a nice yank with some fame i can't see the ordinary blokes getting in if their country drowns..can you? Mind you we seem to be delighted with taking shit loads of bloody boat people that you lot were smart enough to turn away.
With respect to Barry
The eastern world, it is explodin?.
Violence flarin?, bullets loadin?
You?re old enough to kill, but not for votin?
You don?t believe in war, but what?s that gun you?re totin?
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin?
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don?t believe
We?re on the eve
of destruction.
Don?t you understand what I?m tryin? to say
Can?t you feel the fears I?m feelin? today?
If the button is pushed, there?s no runnin? away
There?ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave
Take a look around you boy
It?s bound to scare you boy
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don?t believe
We?re on the eve
of destruction.
Yeah, my blood?s so mad feels like coagulatin?
I?m sitting here just contemplatin?
You can?t twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
Handful of senators don?t pass legislation
And marches alone can?t bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin?
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin?
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don?t believe
We?re on the eve
of destruction.
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it?s the same old place
The poundin? of the drum, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don?t leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don?t forget to say prayers
And? tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don?t believe
We?re on the eve of destruction
