tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post7089639898563219778..comments2023-12-21T23:44:40.324+13:00Comments on Maui Street: Myths of nationhood: why I'm not "celebrating" Waitangi DayMorgan Godferyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-44435718289195409842014-02-07T15:36:11.885+13:002014-02-07T15:36:11.885+13:00correction Tame never spat at the Prime Minister h...correction Tame never spat at the Prime Minister he spat on the ground in front of the dignitaries <br /><br />Amo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-41424528799674794372014-02-07T14:55:27.459+13:002014-02-07T14:55:27.459+13:00Teach the ignorant as much as you possibly can: so...Teach the ignorant as much as you possibly can: society is culpable for not giving instruction gratis, and is responsible for the night it produces.This soul is full of darkness, and sin is committed, but the guilty person is not the man who commits the sin, but he who produces the darkness.<br /><br />Les Miserables by Victor HugoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-57328355400090399242014-02-07T07:32:14.848+13:002014-02-07T07:32:14.848+13:00That doesn't mean to say that its inherent mes...That doesn't mean to say that its inherent message isn't transportable to other areas...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-54763762335426916052014-02-06T23:56:39.690+13:002014-02-06T23:56:39.690+13:00sign last comment:
Eoinsign last comment:<br /><br />EoinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-7178079199810005952014-02-06T23:54:48.577+13:002014-02-06T23:54:48.577+13:00Your potted history of britain is deliberately mis...Your potted history of britain is deliberately misleading:<br /><br />1. You skipped a few waves before and after the Romans. <br /><br />2. The norman conquest resulted in centuries of war and murder.<br /><br />3. (and this is the important one) the metrics you mentioned (average life expectancy, calorific intake) improved with improvements in the technology of production and the organisation of society - neither of these things require colonisation and they usually didn't even coincide with colonisation. Most peoples colonised by the British (and other european nations) suffered huge setbacks to these metrics - the genocide by starvation inflicted in Ireland, the concentration camps and mass murder in kenya, the centuries long conflicts deliberately started to divide and rule in the middle east, but most of all the brutal and almost total genocide of the people of north america. how much did their average life expectancy increase by while they were being wiped out? by what percentage did their calorific intake increase while they were being forced of their land and starved to death?<br /><br />Colonisation is the worst crime against humanity in the history of the world and it is made possible by bullshit justifications like yours.<br /><br />how does this sound: I will be around to your house tomorrow, its mine now because i am stronger and have more weapons, I will take your food and force you and your family to work for me, if you work very hard and do exactly as i say your reward will be just enough food to stay alive. every few years i will kill one of you as a warning, you will be grateful. <br />That's colonisation.<br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-46705426624624844902014-02-06T16:19:23.353+13:002014-02-06T16:19:23.353+13:00William Rufus, you totally miss the point..... Pri...William Rufus, you totally miss the point..... Primitive in who's eyes?? You're a total dick head, and the type of person we need not in Aotearoa. Ask Boadicea if the Romans were better. Your knowledge of history and the peoples of ancient Britain and the way you interpret that history shows your intelligence or lack thereof...sir, you are an asshat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-87701396595163672762014-02-06T13:50:56.949+13:002014-02-06T13:50:56.949+13:00BRO, DO YOU EVEN LATIN?
The Cicero quote above is...BRO, DO YOU EVEN LATIN?<br /><br />The Cicero quote above is from the Orator Ad M. Brutum, a work that is specifically about the rhetorical skills and techniques required to become an Orator in the traditional Roman style that Cicero loved. It's a public-speaking tutorial, not a life lesson.<br /><br />SHGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-86631161257441640642014-02-06T12:45:44.173+13:002014-02-06T12:45:44.173+13:00"Ta te tamariki tana mahi wawahi tahā" -..."Ta te tamariki tana mahi wawahi tahā" - it is the job of the children to smash the calabash. <br /><br />Or perhaps this is more appropriate: "ka pū te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi" - as the old net withers, another is remade.Morgan Godferyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-29163690348104768422014-02-06T12:01:19.497+13:002014-02-06T12:01:19.497+13:00“Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, ...“Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.)” <br />― CiceroChris Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-56379152562159890862014-02-06T10:47:35.507+13:002014-02-06T10:47:35.507+13:00who giz a shit about the British fucking empire......who giz a shit about the British fucking empire... cause most of us still dontAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-59230010695981618822014-02-06T09:26:51.075+13:002014-02-06T09:26:51.075+13:00"Colonisation improves quality of life" ..."Colonisation improves quality of life" is not a myth.<br />Here's a story about a primitive, island nation(s) with a thriving internal culture but no sense of "national identity."<br />It was colonised in multiple waves. The first time, by a very advanced empire akin to the British empire, helped the locals develop cities and towns. The second time, by a sequence of more primitive peoples, the result included the population of previous waste lands.<br />However, the third time - by a very powerful neighbour - was the charm. This wave of colonisation revolutionised the legal system, the military system, the system of government, and set the foundation for what became...<br /><br />the British Empire (England).<br /><br />So before you say "colonisation is not good", actually study the evidence. There are plenty of metrics out there (average life expectancy, caloric intake) that would suggest colonisation did more good than bad.<br /><br />William Rufus<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com