idiots.....
i didn't think that i would be talking about this kind of issue in my blog. it looks though, that i will have to.i live in new zealand or as it is sometimes called, aotearoa. we are in the pacific. near us are australia, samoa, tonga, fiji, tokelau. the tangata whenua [original people] of this land are maori of which i am [partly] one. we have our own customs, language, traditions all the usual stuff people have. our nation, was colonised by england with whom we have a treaty. we have never ceeded our nationhood to england. our curiosity as a people has allowed and encouraged us to share our country with those who would come here to live. there have been rights and wrongs but generally, this is a good safe place to live. most "ism's" are not easily tolerated here. sexism, rascism, ageism [against the young or the old], religious fanatisism. these are things that we can live without. we have in fact, lived without them. sadly, these things are starting to raise their collective ugliness in our lives. providing racism we have the national front and kyle chapman. we have just kicked a radical muslim out of our country. sadly, they thought that it was exceptable to bring their particular brand of hate to our country. generally, people are welcome here. i do wish that they would realise that visiting someone else's house requires manners. please, keep your "shit" at your own house. we don't need it. i should say, we [maori] too have our problems. we have racists and ageists, even religious nuts. it is just as thoughtless for us as it is for anyone else. just as unforgivable.
posted by mystified @ 1:27 pm
7 Comments:
You are full of surprises! I had imagined you to be a typical Englishman! Now I'm scrambling my gray matter to create a new image of you in my mind. I guess I should have Googled "Korero"!
AZCG USA
korero is maori for talk/speak.
Isn't it amazing radical muslim lived in my neck of the woods and moved to your neck of the woods! So is your mum Maori or your Dad? My mum was Japanese and my Dad was Mexican -- we are a rare breed indeed. I've only met two other Japanese Mexicans and one of them is my sister! I cook tacos and enchiladas with chopsticks -- every Mexican who has watched me cooking can't stop laughing. I never know what to have for breakfast miso soup or chorizo and eggs.
AZCG USA
Just watched the Associated Press video about the bad weather in NZ. Welly hit hard by strong winds! Are you okay?
AZCG USA
this was a good post, i believe we would be friends if we met, i know nothing of your culture but from what you've said from time to time i like it, i would like to meet with you and azcg, we could fix a meal together and swap lies.
yeah i reckon you're right. if i ever get the chance to fly your way, i'll be sure to let you know.
yeah i am fine azcg it's a little wild is all.
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