Posts by Michael Fitzgerald
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Russell - a pipe bomb was thrown at a Police Station?
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Sara, What I like about Tame Iti is his attempt to develope a sense of purpose within many who are otherwise lost.
I do not believe he has anything to do with terrorisim to any degree as all of his actions to date have been nonviolent upon any person. Guns etc have been used within the cultural context of Tuhoe with no threat to life.
Did Paul Bucanon say the grenade launcher could be a spud gun?!
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Thank you Graeme really appreciate it
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Come on Kyle - Te Whiti was widely despised at the time.
Ghandi did sleep with the daughters/wives of his followers, to test himself. hmm -
Finn I clearly qualified the the question and still think it is valid.
It has been compared to the sacking of Parihaka & so not unreasonable to explore other comparisons. Here's a little bit that draws on that too.
"Parihaka historian Te Miringa Hohaia has studied the life and writings about the man of mana. "Te Whiti was one of those great leaders. We had Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther-King, Nelson Mandela and Te Whiti o Rongomai.
"Te Whiti was the forerunner of them all."
Te Miringa Hohaia: Beside Te Whiti's memorial at Parihaka.Te Miringa says Gandhi knew about Te Whiti. "He learnt about Te Whiti from an Irish delegation that visited Parihaka and then had a meeting with Gandhi. Although Gandhi was already committed to non-violence, the impact of finding out about Te Whiti must have been startling."
http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/conflict/pacifistofparihaka.htm
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Tom S " In WWII, he loathed Ghandi and was utterly opposed to home rule for India, rightly seeing it as the end of his beloved British Empire."
I was wondering where the Churchill quote would go & I think a comparison with Churchill as Clark and Ghandi as Iti could be done as a question of home rule applies to both.
These are loose comparisons - same game different leagues.
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I've linked to here before but a tank is a weapon in itself (without the gun)
http://www.tanksforeverything.co.nz/gallery.phpHere are many normal people getting a thrill out of playing solider for a day.
Tanks in the states have been stolen and used to cause great damage (ended nasty for a few of the drivers).
I really question the "right" anyone has to own one of these - fun as they might be. -
Graeme is this evidence?
I thought this kind of thing doesn't get to court."John Minto's characterisation of the bugged evidence against those who won't be facing TSA charges as "something you'd hear at any gun club" may well be seen as very charitable indeed."
And therefore will/shud it ever see the light of day?
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or objectivity it would seem
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Consistency Russell.
You can't rubbish my question which leads to the OTT actions of Len and latter state it as fact without losing credibility.