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Here’s a brain teaser for Wired868 readers. A well known member of society gave the following quote:
“I spoke of some of the things that I see women do, assisted by men of course, but the woman has the responsibility that they ensure that they are not abused.”
Is the speaker: (a) Television star, comedian and alleged date rape enthusiast Bill Cosby, (b) Jack the Ripper, who was a killer with the ladies back in the 19th century or (c) Port of Spain mayor and PNM treasurer and millstone Raymond Tim Kee?
Too easy, we know. Even Jack the Ripper was not so unhinged from reality as to expect that the public would warm to his belief that a woman’s intestines were better out than in.
But not Tim Kee, who shared his views in a national press conference, which—and it actually gets worse—was his response to questions on a dead Carnival masquerader, who was identified in the social media as Japanese tourist Asami Nagakiya.
Her death, according to Tim Kee, was ‘not only an embarrassment to Carnival but to the city of Port of Spain.’
“I can only imagine what will be said by the country from which she came,” said Tim Kee, “that one of their people came here to participate in our Carnival and is now dead.”
At this point, Mr Live Wire had to pause reading and curl into a fetal position for five minutes.
Mr Tim Kee’s flamboyant stupidity, bone-dry shortage of empathy and blissful unawareness of the century he is living in has now reached epic proportions.
(Copyright Trini Scene)
God knows what Japan will think of Nagakiya’s supposed dishonouring of Trinidad and Tobago by daring to die in Port of Spain.
It is almost enough to make you nostalgic for the good old days when Tanty Kamla was informing CARICOM that T&T was not an ATM. And Jack Warner was picking the pockets of dead…
Well, okay, you don’t get one over on ‘Jacko’ that easily.
Still, Tim Kee, who is always more of a write-off than a fender bender when in full flight, did not stop there.
The Mayor then tried to prove that he would have been no good as a forensic investigator either, as he offered his decidedly inexpert opinion about the cause of death.
“You have to let your imagination roll a bit and figure out was there any evidence of resistance?” asked Tim Kee, obviously rhetorically as nobody could be expected to reside on his brain frequency. “Or alcohol control and therefore involuntary actions were engaged and so on…”
Further proof, if it was needed, that the only thing worse than astounding ignorance is ignorance of one’s own ignorance.
Considering that Tim Kee’s appointment as mayor was Dr Keith Rowley’s first major decision as then Opposition Leader, one can only hope that the Prime Minister is also letting his imagination roll.
Mr Live Wire repeatedly warned about the leaps in donkey logic necessary to consider Tim Kee—the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) vice president with responsibility for finances during the Warner era—as the right leader for anything worth saving.
But then, to be honest, that is like saying there is a high probability of getting wet from walking in the rain.
Not that Tim Kee, in all his misogynistic glory, would pass for a Wetman these days.
Mr Live Wire cannot confirm that United States presidential hopeful Donald Trump glimpsed Tim Kee’s statements online and exclaimed: ‘Nice one!’
(Courtesy Allan V Crane/Wired868)
Normal people were decidedly flushed though.
Hopefully, Keithos will simply hit ‘flush.’
Tim Kee, ironically, should appreciate that he is responsible for his own abuse. But he probably wouldn’t.
Editor’s Note: Below is a clip of the late Asami Nagakiya playing steel pan. May her soul rest in peace. And the statement from Raymond Tim Kee.
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You know if Tim Kee mouth was running on premium gas he wouldn’t be talking so much. The man literally has verbal diarrhea
I hope they find the demon who killed her… RIP my dear..
So sad that a foreign national had to die this way in our country. Rip Asami Nagakiya.
STFU unworship Tim Kee…STFU!!!
Rose-Marie Ingrid Lemessy-Forde…you missed some adjectives in describing his comments. Words such as…insensitive…boorish…uncultured…and my favorite from a former lecturer…primitive mentality.
Anybody here concerned about who actually killed the girl? Idk is it just me who actually cares about the DEAD girl than what the mayor said ….did it change the fact this girl was MURDERED. …pack of fools yes
I think everyone is concerned about it, but the mayor’s comments stirred the ire it did because it shows an attitude toward solving and preventing crimes of this nature in the future- and that concerns us as well. If his solution to attacks on women is for women to dress better, we should all be worried. But before he made this statement, expressions of condolences were pouring in from all sides. His statements stole the limelight not just for being ignorant, but because on top of being the victim, he placed the blame for this young ladies death on the young lady herself. She’s not here to speak for herself, and people are also outraged for her. We’re capable of being outraged over several things at once.
I still can’t understand how this man stupid comment could steal the limelight off the fact that this girl is dead ….we as Trinidadians need to start to ignore bullshit. …..his opinion did not cause the girls death…. I don’t agree one bit with what he said but it don’t change the fact that nobody is wondering how the hell someone murdered a loyal tourist to our lands…. stop run with the hype to take away the truth
Everyone is still wondering about it, but what can we do? We have to wait for the authorities to do their jobs, and hopefully anyone with information would step forward as well. But he added salt to the existing wound, and talking about it and being outraged by it and for this poor girl is something that we can do. No one has forgotten her. At least on my timeline, I’ve seen as many tributes being passed around as posts concerning both her death and the mayor’s comments. He disrespected her, and disrespected every woman out there.
Her murder investigation is an entirely separate process ,it has already begun with the autopsy having established the cause of death and we assume the police making their enquiries and viewing relevant CCTV footage.The general public cannot get involved in that aspect but what we can and should get involved in is an open debate about the utterances of Mayor Tim Kee !!
Tim kee don’t have a mother or a daughter to be making statements like does #mpr #bbr
He needs to just quit go home n sit down he has no compassion
I had to read the express article twice to believe someone could be that stupid and insensitive. A young woman had just been found dead under unknown circumstances and that crap is what came out of Tim Kee mouth! I don’t even consider that a gaffe or faux pas because it reflects the mindset of a misogynistic judgemental and crass person. This is not mayor material and if he can’t be removed from his mayor post it’s time Rowley sends a message and remove him from his party posts.
That too aint happening
Rowley defended him..calling it “tongue in cheek” comment. Go figure. Do you really expect Mr. bareback Anika Gumbs Body guard to have an issue with it? Did Rowley resign after the Malcolm Marshall’s daughter incident? Dr. Keith ‘Ravena’ Rowley? Mr. 17 year old? smh.
He made similar statements after last year’s Carnival and most people dismissed his thought process (the complete absence of emotional intelligence) then.
Stupidity is very rarely harmless.
During Mr Manning’s time in office, I labelled this kinda thing as ‘dangerous nonsense’…the Mayor’s statements were simply reprehensible…one can only wonder what his wife, daughters and sisters must be thinking…
Well, if they’re thinking anything then they’re the only ones using brain matter in the family. Hope it catches on.
His daughters and sisters at the very least can find comfort in the fact that they had no say in the matter, this is a fate bequeathed to them by genetics and poor judgement no doubt, as for his wife, well…! Hoping for a large turnout today, to highlight the fact that all citizens are disgusted by the remarks from this apology of a human being. His utter lack of humanity is staggering.
calling him a fool is an understatement…
That man is one big fool how the hell did this waste get this position
Dr. Rowley placed him there….
‘Nuff’ said.
With the utmost respect sir this could’ve been a member of your family please sir show this young lady some respect her family deserves it and so to her friends R.I.P my dear girl
Asami Nagakiya on the steel pan
The more I read the worse it got. Idk he said all those things about letting your imagination role a but etc. I’m ashamed for him.
And he has only made things worse with his supposed apology
His apology reminded me of the TTFA apology that was compared to the Isis apology by mr. Live wire
You think he read that article before apologising?
You think he reads?
Lol eh
I cringed as I kept reading what this man said??!…
He apologized btw.. so all is well now.. smh
Hear nah. Tim Kee made me buy the Express this morning. Because I was convinced that somewhere in that press conference were the words: “But seriously everyone… All this nonsense I’m saying is totally unrelated to this tragic death and my condolences go out to the young lady’s family and loved ones.”
Tim Kee really letting himself go with this stupidity thing. Now if only Rowley can follow the cue from T&T football stakeholders and let him go too.
But, theoretically, Rowley can’t. He didn’t ‘ hire’ him. Same situation with Lee Sing. Tim Kee should take this outrage simply resign.
He can engineer his demise though. That has been done before. And this will be a much nobler reason to do it than when Jack Warner got rid of Suruj.
U right
Rowley say he sure he sorry about what he say…the new psychic PM…by tomorrow he will be sure oil price go be $50 and the lotto jackpot will be won by Jack Warner…what’s the count now on officials he refused to discipline in any way since last September?
Smh
Keithos: hey Tim how you could say that boy? That sounding real bad man
Tim: yea boss. I mess up there. Ah real sorry about it
Keithos: You sure you sorry?
Tim: yea boss. Ah sure. It eh go happen again
Keithos: alright. Good enough for me. Carry on. Golf this weekend if d weather nice?
“He is responsible for his own abuse”. Level: Genius.
Epic fail Tim, just fail !!????????????
Distracted from what though Malik? Finding the killer ourselves?
What better can we do but condemn this representative of our country?
Nah I meant like with this thing getting so much traction is there any other people we can put this in front of to bringva response …police commish etc etc
A last farewell from Asami, she was an excellent pannist. May she rest in peace! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrahe5AGpu8&feature=youtu.be
May her soul rest in peace…
Think we getting caught up in how the idiot makes us look and missing just how sad it is that this kid got strangled 🙁 for no apparent reason ….we need a big effort to try and find her killers.
The thing is, Albert, murders of tourists happen all over the world. What generally does NOT happen, however, is a Mayor making statements that almost amount to “dey look fuh dat!” THAT is the REAL damage to the image of Sweet T&T!
Hear nah!! The generation gap CANNOT be this wide in this day and age inno. CANNOT!!!
It’s not a gap for some people, it’s a freaking canyon, remember the comments of the Education Minister when he took office….for chrissakes, I had immediate visions of that English guy Cutteridge, the one who wrote the West Indian Reader…
Hehehe
And just when we’re getting over Fuad Khan writing off all Chinese as pet dog kidnappers and chefs…
Or I can concern myself with whatever the hell I choose to concern myself with!!! Albert Edwards
I thought successful insurance people supposed to know how to talk to and about people. Power has got to his head, clearly.
Successful insurance people after a while only hear themselves and eventually manage to believe their own bullshit, leading to their own demise….Ask Duprey?!?…He may not be starving but his soul is empty.
Let us concern our self with the image or our country and hope the offender is brought to Justice’s and let his worship stop trying to be another Lee sing.
Vote him out
Political appointment
Political (dis) appointment, I’d say.
Sorry I forgot that Tara Assing tysm
For your sake Mr. Mayor I sincerely hope no women in your family ever drink alcohol, wear a carnival costume, be out during carnival or go into the Savannah…cause according to your insinuations, they would get what they deserve (shudder). Be mindful of your words because karma is a bitch!
And her memory is LONG… (Y)
Waiting on Rowley to act… (Maybe in vain…sigh)
This is not the first complaint against him. Well Marlene still there…but that only has implications for locals. The fallout from this is international so we shall see.
I don’t think Rowley can sack the mayor. But he can certainly engineer his fall if he chooses.
He can do more than nothing and STRONGLY suggest that Tim Kee resign from his political and party post…
What do you suggest the PM should do if Timkee refuses to resign, Chabeth Haynes? Put him over his knee and flog him?
Engineer a coup like what they did to Rambachan.
I’m wondering if PNM council members are that surgical though
I have no idea, but Sturge and dem making notes on everything and won’t let anybody forget anything come 2020 election, so something has to be done.
Don’t hold your breath …
He seems determined to exit the Mayorship amidst as much controversy as he did the TTFA…How does one man manage to get so many opportunities to get things wrong?
Practice makes perfect! 😉
Hahaha… Too true!
I am saddened and disappointed by his faux pas. The consequences might be insurmountable regardless of whether his comments were taken out of context.
Faux pas isn’t the “F” word most would use. But I know you’re a gentleman. ??
Kenneth? Taken out of context? Did you see the video clip from TV6? It only had one context dey!!!
The timing of his comments vindicates his “context” …. this fool doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt in any form or fashion.
Someone wise once said to me, “….. but S%$T!” Everything in the statement of “apology” after the “but” is irrelevant and useless! The really sad thing is we almost KNOW that the perpetrator(s) may not be caught! We will probably hear a similar vacuous and almost unintelligible statement soon from “Acting The Fool”
How did this man get to be a mayor or a ttfa president? What an absolute skidmark!!
Thank you Lasana. Let us all hope that EVERYONE gets it! And that sincere sympathy is the ONLY thing he should have uttered. Hopefully his days are numbered.
It is the problem is we have to wait on LGE to be rid of him
Unless he goes on his own or (I think) the counselors vote him out.
Man resign Please keep ur lies to ur self
Burn!
A lion ate a bull, then roared. The hunter heard the roar, found the lion and shot it…MORALE TO THE STORY MR TIM KEE…IF YOU ARE FULL OF BULL…KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!!!
Heartfelt condolences to the young lady and her family and friends
And the apology wuss dan d original statement eh!!
Who are those people around him??
Hear nah. Like is a most dotish competition going on in d corporation today! !
Thought the same .myself. If you could call that set ah arseness an apology.
Takes a lot to get one over on “Jacko” and he certainly did…”jacko” probably his special adviser
Lasana, I think it was a yr or so ago you asked my thoughts on his performance as a Mayor and I told you I wasnt close enuff to POS to comment on that. Doe ask meh now cause you’ll have to block meh.
Lol
Stale drunk people should not be asked to make sensible statements.
Drunk or sober, HE should not be asked to make any statement!
Tim Kee, you are the weakest like…..FLUSH
Foot in mouth disease
To put it mildly eh.
leg in mouth you mean.
Haha
A million likes,Lasana.
Thank you sir
Excellent. Agree with everyting said.
What an a$$!
misogynistic – perfect adjective!
Succinctly summarized by James’ comment on the PNM way back in the 60’s – ” their entire catchment elite live their entire lives without having so much as a single idea” ( not verbatim – out of an aging brain). The more things change the more they remain the same!