• @yarr@feddit.nl
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    31 month ago

    No one was harmed by the haka.

    The vote was delayed. You also don’t know the reaction of other parliamentary members. The context of the haka is a dance done to intimidate enemies. Maybe some of the other members feel intimidated now.

    If I was a parliament member and stood up with 3 of my pals and loudly threatened another member, what do you think would happen to me?

    • @CircaV@lemmy.ca
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      221 month ago

      Wouldn’t want parliamentary process to be disrupted in any way by Maori’s expressing concern about laws that are going to affect them negatively.

      /s

    • @Johnny5@lemm.ee
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      111 month ago

      in the USA we are purported to have “freedom of speech”

      Can you elaborate further on the cultural context of the haka, fellow American?

      • @yarr@feddit.nl
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        11 month ago

        I really hate this “you’re an outsider so you can’t have an opinion”. Am I only allowed to consider things in America?

        • @Johnny5@lemm.ee
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          61 month ago

          You can consider whatever the heck you want but please don’t assert as fact your understanding of the cultural context of an art form from the other side of the globe.

    • @grue@lemmy.world
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      61 month ago

      No one was harmed by the haka.

      The vote was delayed.

      Did he fucking stutter? If anything, it sounds like delaying the vote was an attempt to prevent harm.

      Maybe some of the other members feel intimidated now.

      That doesn’t count as “harm” either, you dishonest ass.