Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 10, 2016 14:17:17 GMT 12
The New Zealand Herald 10/6/16 (Short & Sweet section)
ON PARENTING
I am sorry that Dame Anne Salmond is saddened by the way a few of us responded to her article in the Herald. What concerns me more, however, is the habit of compilers of non-fiction to select or exclude evidence to support their opinions, sentiments and, dare I say it, prejudices.
K C,
Mt Eden.
Dame Anne Salmond suggests two wrongs make a “right”, or at least cancel one another out. She does not seem to comprehend that it was European influence that ended Maori warfare, slavery and infanticide.
GEOFF PARKER,
Kamo.
ON PARENTING
I am sorry that Dame Anne Salmond is saddened by the way a few of us responded to her article in the Herald. What concerns me more, however, is the habit of compilers of non-fiction to select or exclude evidence to support their opinions, sentiments and, dare I say it, prejudices.
K C,
Mt Eden.
Dame Anne Salmond suggests two wrongs make a “right”, or at least cancel one another out. She does not seem to comprehend that it was European influence that ended Maori warfare, slavery and infanticide.
GEOFF PARKER,
Kamo.