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K komohana Tiki Socialite Western Australia Joined: Nov 08, 2010 Posts: 505	K komohana Posted posted on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 5:15 PM On 2011-11-16 10:22, TikiTomD wrote: Indigenous peoples, colonials and contemporary human societies were or are all capable of great nobility and selflessness, as well as cruelty and atrocity. No single group can lay exclusive claim to one end of the moral spectrum. entirely on point and the reasoning behind my initial response. CN, your calm and measured comments are as i'd expected from you, yes that link certainly does contain some extreme overtones, i chose that one simply because of it's starkness and was in no way meant as a personal indictment leveled at the maori people. here's another overview of events, http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/moriori

On 2011-11-16 10:22, TikiTomD wrote:
Indigenous peoples, colonials and contemporary human societies were or are all capable of great nobility and selflessness, as well as cruelty and atrocity. No single group can lay exclusive claim to one end of the moral spectrum.

entirely on point and the reasoning behind my initial response.

CN, your calm and measured comments are as i'd expected from you, yes that link certainly does contain
some extreme overtones, i chose that one simply because of it's starkness and was in no way meant as a
personal indictment leveled at the maori people.

here's another overview of events,

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/moriori

Post #614262 by komohana on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 5:15 PM