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David Seymour banging on about equality - Lilith7 - 24-03-2025
When what is truly needed is equity.
Which surely, he must know. I really find it difficult to believe that he'd be so badly educated or ill informed as to be unaware of the difference.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360591205/treaty-principles-bill-david-seymour-simeon-brown-and-equity-box-cricket
"Wheeler said that his eldest daughter was nine, & his son was seven - evidence showed that a Maori baby born today would die at the same time as both these Maori children.
I want that to sink in for a moment. The equity gap (for average life expectancy) is eight years for males & seven years for females...if this isn't the clearest example of how we fail to meet our Treaty obligations...I don't know what is."
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/23/an-ode-to-lord-breen-of-seymour/
RE: David Seymour banging on about equality - Oh_hunnihunni - 24-03-2025
Bit of a side note but I looked up the US average lifespans a few days ago, compared to ours. That was interesting.