Half-a-billion dollar "Treelord" settlement

**avgas** · 9th April 2008, 14:04

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

a)Ummm were was the bit I was wrong?

b)And yet even after their history of fantastic resource management they get special rights for such in our law

c)Ummm then why do all the Politicians visit their annual religious gathering?

d)And why are Maori the only section of society that have special representation in the Govt.

a) Guerrilla warfare? - what they were specialised in was running onto a field and storming a big base that was out in the open. Last time i checked Guerrilla warfare required some hiding, not full blown charge, not over a short period of time. Correct me however, as i understood Guerrilla mean to to undertake a slow long war with a parasitic relationship between you, then enemy and the surroundings. Where the sit and wait for prime opportunities come into play.

b) Resource management doesn't come into play - it is the resource that is the reason why the war exists.

c) Count them on your hand - compare them to our annual holiday (2 hands). Find me a Maori church which does not support God.

d) because they had to to setup the damn thing. its in that blasted treaty doc you keep nattering about.

**Hinny** · 9th April 2008, 18:13

Originally Posted by fire_eyes77

Yes events happened that changed the course of our cultural structures, society & environments and I acknowledge this as well. In my eyes, when we take respnsibility for ourselves and our participation in the course of our own lives only then will any suffering ease and we can move forward. This doesnt just apply to 'Maori' either.

Errare humanum est, ignosere divinum. (To err is human, to forgive is divine.)
Or "shit happens, try to move on" in more colloquial terms...