Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 12, 2023 5:51:45 GMT 12
Gary Judd: “WE WERE HERE FIRST,” IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR ANYTHING
Buddy Mikaere’s claim that Māori have a special entitlement because they were “here first” is incapable of rational justification; so, also, is Julian Batchelor’s claim that other cultures are entitled to participate. The only valid entitlement to anything is an individual entitlement. In a rational and just society, that entitlement must be earned by achievement.
No one can claim an entitlement derived from something done by someone else. The exploration of the Pacific and the discovery of New Zealand some 800 years ago by those great Polynesian navigators and explorers were monumental achievements. They are entitled to admiration and honour. They earned it.
Their achievements are not the achievements of their progeny, even of their children. No one living today is entitled to anything by reason of that achievement. Nor can someone claim an entitlement because they are of English, Chinese, Indian, Māori or any particular ancestry.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/07/gary-judd-we-were-here-first-is-no.html
Buddy Mikaere’s claim that Māori have a special entitlement because they were “here first” is incapable of rational justification; so, also, is Julian Batchelor’s claim that other cultures are entitled to participate. The only valid entitlement to anything is an individual entitlement. In a rational and just society, that entitlement must be earned by achievement.
No one can claim an entitlement derived from something done by someone else. The exploration of the Pacific and the discovery of New Zealand some 800 years ago by those great Polynesian navigators and explorers were monumental achievements. They are entitled to admiration and honour. They earned it.
Their achievements are not the achievements of their progeny, even of their children. No one living today is entitled to anything by reason of that achievement. Nor can someone claim an entitlement because they are of English, Chinese, Indian, Māori or any particular ancestry.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/07/gary-judd-we-were-here-first-is-no.html