Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 24, 2023 11:59:35 GMT 12
DO IT IN YOUR OWN TIME AND ON YOUR OWN DIME
P H writes > On what planet do taxpayers/ratepayers have any obligation at all to fund minority subcultures and languages?
From the moment the TOW was signed, the language and culture of the public square became the English language and Western post-Enlightenment culture brought by the white settlers.
Starting with—but not limited to—Maori language and culture, all other languages and cultures were relegated to being private matters for those who valued them.
“Do it in your own time and on your own dime’ would sum it up.
P H writes > On what planet do taxpayers/ratepayers have any obligation at all to fund minority subcultures and languages?
From the moment the TOW was signed, the language and culture of the public square became the English language and Western post-Enlightenment culture brought by the white settlers.
Starting with—but not limited to—Maori language and culture, all other languages and cultures were relegated to being private matters for those who valued them.
“Do it in your own time and on your own dime’ would sum it up.