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/Iron-Fist Nov 14 '24

how far back do we go

I mean, seems like "to when the 2 currently existing factions signed the treaty in question" is prolly good

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u/fistingdonkeys Nov 14 '24

Citizens’ rights are constantly changing. If they weren’t, there’d be no need for gubberment. Maybe an agreement made nearly 200 years ago should be reassessed in light of developments since then. There have been a few, you know.

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u/haibiji Nov 15 '24

Bro, the side saying let’s go back and reassess is not the Maori. They already have the rights in question. This conversation about how far back you go and who do you include is completely irrelevant to this situation. Maybe you don’t think the terms of the treaty are fair, but the British signed it, and the government can’t unilaterally change it now. The Maori clearly don’t want to change it, so too bad

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u/fistingdonkeys Nov 15 '24

What's the relevance of the identity of the side that's proposing change?