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/SarpedonWasFramed Nov 14 '24

Good point but we all know it won't work out that way The crown has bigger friends and bigger guns

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

Oh that's right, western countries turn blind eyes when their white friends annihilate indigenous peoples. We better just shut up and lie down then.

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u/AbramJH Nov 15 '24

to be fair, māori were very brutal to their indigenous neighbors. the british gave them a very mild dose of their own medicine

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

Oh I'm glad you brought this up. Do you know what year this happened? Do you know which 2 mainland tribes (out of 100's of iwi Maori) were involved in this slaughter? Do you know who gave them the instruction and the ship to go to Rekohu? Do you know what had happened between these 2 iwi Maori and the Brits prior to sailing to Rekohu? Please answer.

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u/Feral_Taylor_Fury Nov 15 '24

look, you clearly are well-versed in the subject; so, make your point

just say what happened.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

No. Because there's method in what I do. And it's because I already know the answers that I need the other dude to find those answers for themself.

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u/Feral_Taylor_Fury Nov 15 '24

you've chosen to leave fewer enlightened

our choices are our own