Quotes below, over the course of just a month, from Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi... (the man who leads Samoa, but hopefully cannot be said to represent it...)
On Family Planning in Samoa:
“I’ve heard them say that the reason for this is because some parents can’t afford to care for children. That should be said about countries overseas where it is cold but for us, we are used to running around with just a piece of lavalava from the morning until night.”
“The only thing that is mentioned in the Bible is a blessing upon Abraham where he was to be fruitful and multiply so that his children will be as many as the stars and the sand on the beach,” said Tuilaepa. “I have not found in the Bible anything that says one child is enough.”
On NZ “spying”:
Tuilaepa said he cannot understand why New Zealand – or any other country for that matter - would want to spy on Samoa.
“The only thing that is mentioned in the Bible is a blessing upon Abraham where he was to be fruitful and multiply so that his children will be as many as the stars and the sand on the beach,” said Tuilaepa. “I have not found in the Bible anything that says one child is enough.”
On NZ “spying”:
Tuilaepa said he cannot understand why New Zealand – or any other country for that matter - would want to spy on Samoa.
Besides, he pointed out that if the telephone conversations were indeed intercepted, the New Zealanders would not understand the Samoan language so the information becomes useless to them.
Most of telephone conversations involve parents asking their children in New Zealand to send money...
On Samoa 7’s Rugby:
“They’re lazy, they don't want to play. The phase of rugby we have reached unfortunately has become an eyesore.” The Prime Minister blasted the team’s “poor ball handling, lack of speed, being individualistic and the absence of team work.”
Some of them”, he said, were "cowards who run sideways and pass the ball with their eyes closed”.
On issuing Fishing Licences to Foreign Vessels:
Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, yesterday downplayed concerns about the government allowing Foreign Licensed Fishing Vessels to fish in Samoa’s Exclusive Zone (E.E.Z.) saying:
“If we can issue a billion licenses so be it"...“the more the licenses issued to foreign companies the better”.
Most of telephone conversations involve parents asking their children in New Zealand to send money...
On Samoa 7’s Rugby:
“They’re lazy, they don't want to play. The phase of rugby we have reached unfortunately has become an eyesore.” The Prime Minister blasted the team’s “poor ball handling, lack of speed, being individualistic and the absence of team work.”
Some of them”, he said, were "cowards who run sideways and pass the ball with their eyes closed”.
On issuing Fishing Licences to Foreign Vessels:
Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, yesterday downplayed concerns about the government allowing Foreign Licensed Fishing Vessels to fish in Samoa’s Exclusive Zone (E.E.Z.) saying:
“If we can issue a billion licenses so be it"...“the more the licenses issued to foreign companies the better”.
“It is not important how many licenses are issued,”
“The problem is people do not understand.”
“That is because the fish will be here today and in Tonga tomorrow..."
“What we should do is to go out at sea and wait until the fish gets here and then catch it.”
“Well, like time and tide waiting for no man, the tuna doesn’t wait for our fishermen!.”
“ If those vessels bump in to each other out there in our small fishing zone, and have competitions over who has the smallest catch, and eventually go bankrupt.... well, that’s not our business.”
Thanks to the Samoan Observer for recording these strokesof genius.
“The problem is people do not understand.”
“That is because the fish will be here today and in Tonga tomorrow..."
“What we should do is to go out at sea and wait until the fish gets here and then catch it.”
“Well, like time and tide waiting for no man, the tuna doesn’t wait for our fishermen!.”
“ If those vessels bump in to each other out there in our small fishing zone, and have competitions over who has the smallest catch, and eventually go bankrupt.... well, that’s not our business.”
Thanks to the Samoan Observer for recording these strokes
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