20-11-2024, 05:40 PM
I am very disappointed by the response to the haka in Parliament. Do our leaders not understand that a haka is a passionate expression of emotion, not necessarily a war dance, not necessarily an aggressive move. If it was why would we see it at funerals? At welcomes? At celebratory greetings to heroes?
Why should an emotional, passionate response to a proposed piece of legislation that is designed to rewrite what is to many of us a sacred document be ridiculed and humphed at by a bunch of old white guys in suits just because their own ignorance lets them see a challenge as illegitimate?
The sooner this corrupt, out of touch, elderly wannabe statesmen go back to where they came from the better. If they are not prepared to listen to the people they were elected to represent, they have no place in government.
Why should an emotional, passionate response to a proposed piece of legislation that is designed to rewrite what is to many of us a sacred document be ridiculed and humphed at by a bunch of old white guys in suits just because their own ignorance lets them see a challenge as illegitimate?
The sooner this corrupt, out of touch, elderly wannabe statesmen go back to where they came from the better. If they are not prepared to listen to the people they were elected to represent, they have no place in government.