tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post5779288539048025474..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: It’s NZ’s own Emancipation Proclamation!Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-45910886208014014612015-02-09T17:08:39.885+13:002015-02-09T17:08:39.885+13:00Great book on the 1860 election:
http://www.amazon...Great book on the 1860 election:<br />http://www.amazon.com/Year-Meteors-Stephen-Douglas-Election/dp/B0057DBHGG<br /><br />And from that book, it is far from certain that any "right" of secession existed...Ciaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007117694321366334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-62920951697012104172015-02-06T14:12:43.704+13:002015-02-06T14:12:43.704+13:00Wait on; Lincoln went to war to prevent secession ...Wait on; Lincoln went to war to prevent secession of the Southern States, as was their right, and so denied by the warmonger Lincoln, who had mad dreams. <br />John Brown didn't start the war, and the emancipation idea was introduced later as good PC.<br />paul scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675247055484136242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-12102456619870405692015-02-04T18:46:59.467+13:002015-02-04T18:46:59.467+13:00A good post that will upset many who need to be up...A good post that will upset many who need to be upset. "The Musket Wars" book, a;ong with "The Bible and the Treaty" paints a horrible picture of Maori society pre European and then through to about 1850. Te Rauparaha was a butcher of the most depraved kind. The local missionary wouldn't baptise him because they thought he was a nasty piece of work and remained a thug at all times. Its good that Porirua named a local facility after him - it reflects local govt ignorance of values..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-5644913815279370942015-02-04T15:03:35.720+13:002015-02-04T15:03:35.720+13:00The part-mowrees have never even said "Thank ...The part-mowrees have never even said "Thank you"! Barrynoreply@blogger.com