The H bomb in Wanganui

[Headbanger]

Pretty damn amazing that they can invent silent letters before they were even made aware of the concept of letters......

Seriously, The arguments for and against are just utter bullshit.

[Maha]

Pretty damn amazing that they can invent silent letters before they were even made aware of the concept of letters......

Seriously, The arguments for and against are just utter bullshit.

Correct, they might as well have just put an X in there.

[Conquiztador]

Correct, they might as well have just put an X in there.

There is an X in there. But it is a hidden X next to the silent H.

[kneescraper]

Jesus guys, the town voted NO...that fat bitch boogger oogga or what ever her name is should be told to fuck off along with that square headed twat from TV3 that interviewed and agreed with her.

Laws is coming from the point of view of his people, thats what a Mayor is employed to do, duh!

Im so sick of hearing all this shit, is Laws a black hater? No, hes calling it how it is, its real simple..why do people get so anti Laws when he simply states the fucken obvious. Now every other Maoris going to get on the band wagon and start fucking up this country even more...what a waste of tax payers money.....truth is....the main % of race on the doll is Maori but yet they want to take up more money on these patetic, time wasting trips.

Did you know that if you were to take a Maori to court over that person being a racist it would be kicked out of court. Under law, a Maori can not be a racist. BULL SHIT ISNT IT.

Maoris arnt racists, racism is a crime, and the huge % or Maoris are the criminals. And that my fellow riders is truth and Im not a racist....hell I might even be Maori?

[oldrider]

Well, after all it was "spelt" Whanganui in 1066 AD! So the people who didn't have a written language say!

Does it really matter enough to fight and argue over it?

Simply accept that both are acceptable but from now on it should be correctly spelt with an H.

Just encourage spelling it with an H from now on and within a few generations it will be the norm!

Who is Law's? And really,

[kneescraper]

But why change something when the people of that town dont want to changed, your missing the point oldrider, 70 something % voted no...democracy?

[kneescraper]

The "majority rule" is often described as a characteristic feature of democracy, but without responsible government or constitutional protections of individual liberties from democratic power it is possible for dissenting individuals to be oppressed by the "tyranny of the majority". An essential process in representative democracies is competitive elections, that are fair both substantively[13] and procedurally.[14] Furthermore, freedom of political expression, freedom of speech and freedom of the press are essential so that citizens are informed and able to vote in their personal interests.[15][16]

Pulled from Wikipeadia, this thread makes me wonder if half you people know what a democracy is, after all NZ is a democratic country.

[oldrider]

NZ is a democratic country.

Yeah right! Just like it's close ally and trading partner "CHINA"!

[kneescraper]

We are discussing democracy is the terms of the pubic or individuals making the choice they want, not one woman making the choice for them. On tonights news that large Maori woman said "this will be good for the (enter the Maori groups name)" Yes thats right, good for them...never mind the over 70 something percent of people that voted no.

[McJim]

This is just another display of the institutional racism that is the fall out from the treaty of Waitangi. One side is so racist that they don't even recognise individual nationalities but call them all "white pigs". Even a foreigner like me can recognise diferent Iwi.

I say drop Wanganui altogether and call it Birmingham, Edinburgh or somat British. You don't get too many complaints about how Dunedin is spelt do ya?

[kneescraper]

Quite right, Re-name all the towns and citys with English names.

[Mekk]

If it is an error, it should be corrected. Question is, why now?

I also can't dodge the irony of bikers fighting for a majority...

[Gremlin]

But why change something when the people of that town dont want to changed, your missing the point oldrider, 70 something % voted no...democracy?

Thats my point of view...

Not only are most against it... what the fuck does changing the name achieve? If I remember rightly, a lot of shops are saying they won't change their names (not to mention the enormous hassle, depending how far you go).

Then you have maps, GPS and their maps, seriously? Shouldn't they be thinking about more important things... like which outlying towns to absorb into a super city?

[Drogen Omen]

they should have changed it to PH... Phanganui.... cause that's how its spelled isn't it??? or is the H a silent spy...

don't think any one else really gives a shit apart whakanuians (fukanuians)...

[SixPackBack]

Looks like Law's is full of shit [as many of us already knew]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10598071

Iwi say Wanganui mayor Michael Laws approached them about a compromise on putting an "h" into the city's name, but was told unequivocally there was none.
Mr Laws, who derided as "racist" the NZ Geographic Board's recommendation that Wanganui change to Whanganui yesterday, denies that happened.
Sources said Mr Laws met Whanganui Maori 10 days ago and asked if they would be happy with the city's name being known as "Wanganui/Whanganui."
But the double-barrelled name was unacceptable.