Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 31, 2019 4:09:50 GMT 12
CONSERVATION IN THOSE DAYS
D W writes > No such thing as conservation in those days.
Of course white colonists would have to have been the worst conservationists anywhere back in the day, decimating the wildlife, introducing animals and plants that shouldn't be there, and waging war on the indigenous peoples.
But nobody tries to deny that, or come up with some fanciful fiction to say otherwise.
Maori were the same as any other colonists to a new land. They saw what was available for their use and made use of it. They brought animals and plants with them and let them go free.
They waged war on each other, killed each other, enslaved and committed inhuman acts on each other which is exactly what colonists in Africa and the Americas did as well.
Of course the native tribes in Africa and the Americas had been waging war on each other long before colonists arrived, and what they did to the tribes they waged war on was far worse than anything colonists did.
The Zulus invaded and killed or enslaved other tribes, the bushmen of Southern Africa who were the original true occupants were hunted and shot as vermin by the Zulus, the Bantus and later by colonists.
American Indian tribes waged war on each other, conquered weaker tribes killing their braves and enslaving their women.
And of course the Maori proved they were just the same by their actions on the Chathams, and despite it being recorded history including the names of the chiefs and leaders involved that the invaded, murdered, raped, enslaved and exiled the original occupants today they have refused to give the land back, demanding instead they keep most of it.
D W writes > No such thing as conservation in those days.
Of course white colonists would have to have been the worst conservationists anywhere back in the day, decimating the wildlife, introducing animals and plants that shouldn't be there, and waging war on the indigenous peoples.
But nobody tries to deny that, or come up with some fanciful fiction to say otherwise.
Maori were the same as any other colonists to a new land. They saw what was available for their use and made use of it. They brought animals and plants with them and let them go free.
They waged war on each other, killed each other, enslaved and committed inhuman acts on each other which is exactly what colonists in Africa and the Americas did as well.
Of course the native tribes in Africa and the Americas had been waging war on each other long before colonists arrived, and what they did to the tribes they waged war on was far worse than anything colonists did.
The Zulus invaded and killed or enslaved other tribes, the bushmen of Southern Africa who were the original true occupants were hunted and shot as vermin by the Zulus, the Bantus and later by colonists.
American Indian tribes waged war on each other, conquered weaker tribes killing their braves and enslaving their women.
And of course the Maori proved they were just the same by their actions on the Chathams, and despite it being recorded history including the names of the chiefs and leaders involved that the invaded, murdered, raped, enslaved and exiled the original occupants today they have refused to give the land back, demanding instead they keep most of it.