Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 18, 2022 16:38:36 GMT 12
EUROPEANS DIDN'T COLONISE MAORI - THE STUFF DID.
COLONISATION!
I think - Maori were NOT colonised by the British people - or the French people - or the Dutch people.
They were colonised first of all by the Blanket - an amazing thing that they could carry with them - that was able to keep them warm and comfortable - and they quickly took to wearing them as a way to keep warm - and to keep it safe - and also to display a valued acquisition.
Around the same time they were also being colonised by the Axe - that could also contribute to keeping them warm and dry - and be a weapon to defend the Blanket.
Then of course there was the saw - and the pick and shovel - and warm clothing - and the cooking utensils - and a whole slew of better ideas that quickly replaced a very inadequate set of ideas they had been living by for centuries. Europeans didn’t take anything much away from them - because they didn’t have much in the way of possessions or tools to take. But they did introduce them to all this other stuff - stuff that Maori culture very quickly adopted - because back then it was ready to evolve into the visible future.
Could the churlish among us call that cultural appropriation perhaps?
So, it is my contention - that Maori were not colonised by the Europeans - they were colonised by all the European’s stuff.
If the Europeans had arrived hungry and shivering cold in canoes without all that stuff - they would have just been other primitive people without the brown skin - but with sunburn - all over.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/06/denis-hall-europeans-didnt-colonise.html
COLONISATION!
I think - Maori were NOT colonised by the British people - or the French people - or the Dutch people.
They were colonised first of all by the Blanket - an amazing thing that they could carry with them - that was able to keep them warm and comfortable - and they quickly took to wearing them as a way to keep warm - and to keep it safe - and also to display a valued acquisition.
Around the same time they were also being colonised by the Axe - that could also contribute to keeping them warm and dry - and be a weapon to defend the Blanket.
Then of course there was the saw - and the pick and shovel - and warm clothing - and the cooking utensils - and a whole slew of better ideas that quickly replaced a very inadequate set of ideas they had been living by for centuries. Europeans didn’t take anything much away from them - because they didn’t have much in the way of possessions or tools to take. But they did introduce them to all this other stuff - stuff that Maori culture very quickly adopted - because back then it was ready to evolve into the visible future.
Could the churlish among us call that cultural appropriation perhaps?
So, it is my contention - that Maori were not colonised by the Europeans - they were colonised by all the European’s stuff.
If the Europeans had arrived hungry and shivering cold in canoes without all that stuff - they would have just been other primitive people without the brown skin - but with sunburn - all over.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/06/denis-hall-europeans-didnt-colonise.html
