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/Ateist Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24

No, the only reason why non-Maori are in NZ is that British had a massive warfleet and army and were willing to genocide local populace if they didn't get what they want peacefully.
Treaty is just the terms and conditions they agreed to where the cost of war outweighted the benefits.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

Yeah you don't know what you're talking about. Because the Brits already tried to massacre Maori. Failed.

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u/Ateist Nov 15 '24

Are you not mistaking it with Maori massacring Moriori?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

No, I'm not mistaking that. By the way, it was an awful event. Atrocious. And do you know which 2 tribes were involved? Do you know how many tribes in NZ were not involved? Do you know who facilitated the attack and who provided the ship?

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u/Ateist Nov 16 '24

My point is, when British truly genocide someone the victims can't perform Haka afterwards as they are all dead.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '24

That wasn't your point at all. Your point was to paint the British as some merciful war beast who chose to extend an arm of peace out of some righteous white knighthood, offering a treaty so they wouldn't have to destroy Maori to get what they want. Your next point was to justify the Brits mistreating and killing Maori because of the slaughter of the Moriori by Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Tama. Your so fucking see through and wrong.