Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 14, 2018 4:35:32 GMT 12
Dominion Post 14/12/18
TAMAKI'S PROTEST
Brian Tamaki organised a protest at Parliament "on behalf of Maori". I question the substance of his rationale.
Today's twin arch-demons -political correctness and the Geoffrey Palmer-invented absurdity, Treaty-principles - have wrought baseless and bizarrely dishonest notions among Maori.
Patently, every past acknowledgement of "grievance" has bred expectations of winning every new demand.
Shots of Tamaki on TV portrayed him more as performer than protester - in expensive, new leather biker gear, the epitome of a religious, iconic-Elvis manifestation. He may well do "good work", but such performances hardly bespeak it.
Demanding that Maori in prisons be accorded the vote, "because their numbers are over-represented", conveys no realistic appreciation of actuality. Society's law-abiding types don't get imprisoned. Why doesn't Tamaki preach that?
Contrast Maori existences before colonisation with the immeasurable benefits they've since acquired — in health, welfare, lifestyle and tribal security. Those gains are never acknowledged, while foundation-less "grievances" are foisted unrelentingly.
Demands, expectations and victimhood are still baselessly touted, despite so many settlements that stemmed solely from Pakeha-instigated goodwill.
JIM CABLE, Nelson
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TAMAKI'S PROTEST
Brian Tamaki organised a protest at Parliament "on behalf of Maori". I question the substance of his rationale.
Today's twin arch-demons -political correctness and the Geoffrey Palmer-invented absurdity, Treaty-principles - have wrought baseless and bizarrely dishonest notions among Maori.
Patently, every past acknowledgement of "grievance" has bred expectations of winning every new demand.
Shots of Tamaki on TV portrayed him more as performer than protester - in expensive, new leather biker gear, the epitome of a religious, iconic-Elvis manifestation. He may well do "good work", but such performances hardly bespeak it.
Demanding that Maori in prisons be accorded the vote, "because their numbers are over-represented", conveys no realistic appreciation of actuality. Society's law-abiding types don't get imprisoned. Why doesn't Tamaki preach that?
Contrast Maori existences before colonisation with the immeasurable benefits they've since acquired — in health, welfare, lifestyle and tribal security. Those gains are never acknowledged, while foundation-less "grievances" are foisted unrelentingly.
Demands, expectations and victimhood are still baselessly touted, despite so many settlements that stemmed solely from Pakeha-instigated goodwill.
JIM CABLE, Nelson
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers