tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7570031749709596123..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: Why not celebrate One-Law-For-All Day instead? [updated]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-30849706205003644662011-02-07T15:45:56.346+13:002011-02-07T15:45:56.346+13:00We already have the perfect constitution prepared ...We already have the perfect constitution prepared - Peters last link in post above.Shane Pleasancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144367923437327037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-71752748176078652272011-02-07T10:53:52.446+13:002011-02-07T10:53:52.446+13:00Just read it this morning. Well put, PC.Just read it this morning. Well put, PC.Richard McGrathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-72330970721980235642011-02-06T10:40:36.906+13:002011-02-06T10:40:36.906+13:00Excellent reading. Thank you, Peter.Excellent reading. Thank you, Peter.Manolonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-71036229533832976392011-02-06T02:15:21.965+13:002011-02-06T02:15:21.965+13:00Brilliant. Best argument I've heard in ages. T...Brilliant. Best argument I've heard in ages. Thanks, Pete.Jamesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-82252256486088317812011-02-05T19:04:27.522+13:002011-02-05T19:04:27.522+13:00To what extent do you think the modern legal profe...To what extent do you think the modern legal profession is even capable of drafting a succinct and meaningful constitution? <br /><br />It seems we live in a world where healthcare bills and tax codes run into the thousands of pages, many of which can actually go unread by legislators. <br />Take the EU constitution - what a dogs breakfast - ~400 pages for consolidated version - whatever that means.<br /><br />But it makes one shudder at the thought of what we would actually get as a constitution.Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-52359141220039610072011-02-05T18:48:15.149+13:002011-02-05T18:48:15.149+13:00Another good postAnother good postpeterquixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873112816453062068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-49060148129733701012011-02-05T14:59:29.266+13:002011-02-05T14:59:29.266+13:00I note in local newspaper, little willie Jackson r...I note in local newspaper, little willie Jackson reckons Hone Harawira is against democracy because maori should be treated more specially. Thus Hone will not join a new (yawn - old) Left party ~ per willie.<br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-51221783161089647652011-02-05T13:43:15.407+13:002011-02-05T13:43:15.407+13:00Unfortunately logical arguments don't really h...Unfortunately logical arguments don't really have much impact on angry beneficiaries who believe Maori settled here 3000 years ago.<br /><br />Instead of being intimidated by the prospect of an unwashed army of protesters, politicians need the guts to scrap the treaty and respond to the fallout with as much tear gas and rubber bullets as necessary.Simon Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-52794891163177685962011-02-05T13:40:17.153+13:002011-02-05T13:40:17.153+13:00I think you hit the nail on the head when you say ...I think you hit the nail on the head when you say Western Culture "makes it possible to see one another not as 'peoples,' not as part of a tribe or a race, but each of us as sovereign individuals in our own right."<br /><br />This is the difference between the Western liberal tradition and tribalism, which is about brute strength of numbers. <br /><br />Maori aspirations are all about tribalism, not about the self-actualisation of individual Maori.<br /><br />I firmly believe tribalism is the root of most evil (in the non-religious sense of the word) in the world. Tribalism was responsible for the Holocaust and the more recent genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia and these horrors are its natural consequence.Kiwiwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507667837257013301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-13348569128894724022011-02-05T12:48:37.348+13:002011-02-05T12:48:37.348+13:00Indeed, an outstanding piece PC. You've put t...Indeed, an outstanding piece PC. You've put the whole thing into its grand context and it's unanswerable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-40034685289930584332011-02-05T11:17:41.415+13:002011-02-05T11:17:41.415+13:00Sorry I made a mistake on my mobile phone... the r...Sorry I made a mistake on my mobile phone... the rest of my comment follows here. Is it possible to paste it together Peter?<br /><br />This post should be required reading for anybody studying the subject of race relations in this country. I think it is spot on.... but more to the point it will dispel a lot of myths for anybody from overseas reading it on the web who hitherto might have had a cozy image of New Zealand as a peaceful little south pacific haven.<br /><br />I think there is a volcano waiting to explode here and, as often is the case worldwide, the pressure is building up higher as the economy and the country's prospects continue to deteriorate.Dave Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264331694328629975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-83807039365146078362011-02-05T11:10:46.267+13:002011-02-05T11:10:46.267+13:00Peter that was a great piece of writing.... not on...Peter that was a great piece of writing.... not only because of the content (we all tend to love what we agree with) but also for the structure, the historical references and the way you present your arguments.Dave Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264331694328629975noreply@blogger.com