5/5/2004: Maori warrior protests

The guy's name is Tama Iti, and he's challenging officials yesterday at Parliament grounds in New Zealand, along with 10,000 or so other protestors. About 50 of them were dressed like him, in flax skirts and carrying spears.

Their beef: they're Maori warriors. They stake claim to some of the shoreline that the government is proposing should simply be public coast.

Are they trying to build a casino or something?

i think i could take him.

The people around him sure don't seem to be scared of a modern-day warrior.

This is New-Zealand. They disbanded their army, probably due to boredom.

history lesson about the maori

At the website Lumberjim posted the link to:

"For clothing, they harvested a fairly broad-leaved ground plant called flax, thinned the leaves and made fabrics and ropes from the fibres. They augmented their clothing with the skins of dogs, and hundreds, sometimes thousands, of birds feathers,"

"Men needed to be dressed in a short beard at the chin, hair done in a topknot, and a string from waist to penis. "

String? OUCH!

"There was no shortage of food - birds, insects, grubs, bats, rats, dogs, eels, fish, mussels, berries, pollen, cabbage tree roots, nikau shoots, watercress, fungi and even earthworms."

Oh, an early version of Atkins!

"Including, at one time, the now vanished Moa, a large flightless bird"

I think this is a picture of it!

Gosh, what a stunner he is. I know a few people just like him in real life, scary.

And the world just yawns...

What's the story on the hand gestures most of the guys behind him are doing?

Fair enough. But why are they all doing it the same way?

they're not. two of them are left hand on top, one is right hand on top. this is how you stand when you have a cane, and you're watching a maori try to look like mike singletary.

You should always take a group that ate its way up the food chain seriously.

Definitely not a demographic to piss off.

and still, the world just yawns...

!!

me have stick! poke you eye with big stick! you die! alalalalalalalalalala!!!!!

Ding!

Round one.... FIGHT!

Re: Ding!

No. not cryptic, wake up.

The world does not give a damn.

What more do you require?

Ok, let's put it this way: He was hoping you were being cryptic because otherwise it's an annoying statement, at least the second time around. You remind me of my little brother, who's going through a cute little phase where he feels compelled to remind everyone that "none of it matters" every few minutes.

To wit, it is extremely difficult for the entire world to give a damn in unison about any one thing. On a more realistic level, I most certainly give a damn about the Maori, and the now-extinct Moa. That picture's actually had me thinking about dinosaurs being large feathered birds all day now. And it seems several other people here have an interest in the topic too.

The angsty thing is very unbecoming. Is there anything more underneath it?

damn it clod......

....good answer

I can't help it if I type faster than you do.

Oh , man you people really do live in your own world.

I don't (and won't) give a rats ass about the Maori. I live in America and direct my welfare there...

Mewl as you will, Liberal dupes...

No apoligies.

Dave

Awww...that's cute! *pats him on the head* Now go run along and play in some traffic...

That would be, apologies. My haste to contradict the left has overcome me.

well, aren't you just as much fun as a barrell full of monkeys?


Say something else stupid.

I'm really sleepy right now. If any of you liberal warriors want to compare degrees, mine is from Providence College/Brown University.

Oooh...not just any piece of shit...an Ivy League piece of shit.

I must admit, I'm a little suprised at the 'piece of shit' label. Where does this come FROM?

Mostly it comes from a predisposition to hate people with the name "dave".

I must admit, I'm a little surprised that such a well educated person would attempt to lump such a widely variable populous together under one political label, and simultaeneously deride said party. I'm no liberal....not that there's anything wrong with that. Nor am I republican. I could give a shit what party feels the way I do about things. I am lumberjimian.

In closing, I'd just like to say, don't be such a dick, or we'll tear your arms off and beat you with the wet ends.


And as far as living in our own little world goes......welcome to it. sit down, take a load off. ya fat bastard, your feet must be killing you.....Say, is that your head, or is your neck blowing bubbles? be honest.

I'm sorry, I just arrived. Is it too late for me to be insulted, condescended to or otherwise belittled by someone whose parents spent an extraordinary amount of money to get their snot nosed brat out of the house and into an Eastern college where he could learn how to put people off in five minutes or less?

I'd hate to miss out on that. Superior intellects are always so much fun, especially when they've been drinking or have forgotten to take their meds. Nothing like a good provocateur (which, I'm pretty sure, is French for "irritating little fuck") to liven up the mix.

There is a lot of ritualized posturing in Maori ceremony. There are particular stances for greeting, for confrontation, for joy, etc.

Makes it quite clear to other maori what you're on about.

Leaves everyone else clueless.

Image is everything.

Not that I'm trying to stop the thrashing of Dave by bringing up some totally unrelated topic ........ how is it possible that every post of his in this thread says that his total post number is 9? Interesting.

Compare degrees? I could match yours with a Seven Sisters degree and raise you one, having graduated Magna cum laude, and I am a "Museum Quality" Liberal.

In the words of one of my favorite modern philosophers, Calvin Broadus: "Niggaz who talk shit get dealt with real quick."

"Museum Quality" Liberal was a description used by Garrison Keillor when liberals were being seriously bashed. I loved it and assume it means one takes the liberal position on most issues.

And we will rise again...

An apology

So, at first I'm thinking: why am I getting all these goddamned emails?

When I finally click on the link, it brings me here.

My laptop has been in the possession of a co-worker for the past several days and apparently this is his idea of a joke. Although it's mildly amusing, I don't share his sense of humor.

Please accept my apologies for this.

David

"And do you know why I'll be the last liberal standing? Because I'll have a motherfucking gun!"

But, Lady Syc, do you have enough clips? "So many assholes, too few bullets". (Claymore mines are excellent also!)

Ouch. Hate it when that happens. The only good thing about getting punk'd is the [payback I/payback I]

Let us know how it goes

I think that he got his ass smacked, knows he is outclassed, and wishes to retire from the field somewhat gracefully. This would be a skill leaned in an Eastern Ivy League School.

"My friend did something unauthorized on the laptop I lent him" is the internet version of SODDI. ("Some Other Dude Did It.")

Re: An apology

Anyone see the movie Whalerider? It's the first thing I thought of when I saw this Maori dude.

I thought of a couple movies ... Once Were Warriors, and another one I saw at the UofP International House ... The Storehouse (Te Rua).

(aside: While looking for info on the one movie, I found this. It really has been translated into every language, hasn't it ...)

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Re: Re: An apology

What can Brown do for you?

awwwww that was getting fun, even if it was shooting fish in a barrel.

I went to Brown, but all I have to show for it is this ugly t-shirt.

Ugly, brown t-shirt?

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Quote:

Originally posted by jdbutler I(Talk about an immediate gang-bang!)

I somehow doubt that davepen takes it as seriously as we seem to. it wasnt a huge transgression, after all. just a little attitude.

davepen, invite your friend to create his own account, so we can have a proper argument with him.

and did you really go to brown, or was he making that up too?

the cellar dwellars are apparently hungry for a good flame fest.


hey jaguar! i've been meaning to take you out back and rough you up a bit.....you game? nancy?

Hey, stoopid, ain't you got some sauerkraut-burners to pawn off on people?

/puts hat on backwards
bring it on biatch

ok. i think you actually live right here in america. And you ENJOY it.

Jaguar......is it true? Are you a closet American?

i can imagine life to be quite entertaining if this sort of thing is a regular occurence...

Yep. Happens all the time...

I think you're really french.

Whats with the "VD" thing over the "bite me" note?

VD is the top half of the numberplates of the Swiss Canton of Vaudoise which is where I live.

Oh...excuse my gutter mind.

In Switzerland it's illegal not to list your STDs on your numberplate

True, that was fairly second rate, picking on someone your own size might involve farmyard animals though you fatassed halfwitted american with a tenuous grip on the concept of grammar who is in no position to criticize his peers on the better side of the atlantic. Hell you probably even use windows.

you're right, i'm starting to wonder if my heart is really in this.

Yeah ....Hi

Oh, fuck it...just let it drop. Save it for when you really need it. Think of it as conserving your insult/sarcasm/humor/flame chi.

Re: Re: An apology

Furthermore, *I* didn't make any earlier posts.

who was it then , the mouse in your pocket ????

I've already apologized to you community about what took place.

I don't know any of you, and while I am sorry about this working eveyone into a frenzy, frankly I don't care what you think.

This actually had nothing to do with my departmental laptop, or me, as anyone can subscribe to this site and post whatever they want...specify a username and email address and off you go.

It just so happens in this case, my 'friend' utilized extremely poor judgement and used my email address as a poor attempt at humor.

He already knows this was a poor judgement call, and because he works for me, will realize this for some time to come.

To whomever your webmaster is--please delete this account.

Thanks.

Problem solved I guess, UT, do as the man says =D

Two questions remain though: How did he know the password and how did the account get activated.

The laptop would log him in automatically, wouldn't it?

No, no, Jim. The coworker sets up the account using this guys email and the department laptop. He also sets it up so when everytime anyone posts to that thread it triggers an email to the laptop. Then he makes a couple smartass posts and gives the laptop back to his boss.

Naw, kick his ass, Jim.

I like your take on "Museum Quality". Thanks! I am Museum Quality but not Knee Jerk.

Christ LJ you're like a soccer hooligan at closing time.