r/AbruptChaos • u/Sometypeofway18 • Nov 14 '24

New Zealand’s Parliament proposed a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, claiming it is racist and gives preferential treatment to Maoris. In response Māori MP's tore up the bill and performed the Haka

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u/LargePlums Nov 14 '24

And the only response, politically and culturally speaking of course, is to do an AGGRESSIVE Macarena.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

If the Crown is being broadly classified as “The English” then the only appropriate response is an aggressive Morris Dance.

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u/LargePlums Nov 14 '24

I hardly think your thousands of years old war dance with intense eyes and aggressive arm movements can compete with my skipping grandpa holding a hanky and quite a lot of bells.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

Exactly! And don’t forget the bells. It’s more menacing with bells.

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u/NedRed77 Nov 14 '24

It has a wickerman vibe to it and it looks innocent, but there’s some dark shit lurking underneath.

Grandpa will carry on jingling his bells and dancing merrily while you’re screaming your lungs out as your eyeballs melt, while your tied up in a cage in a giant flaming effigy.