Not to say the Maōri weren't screwed value-wise, but in both versions they clearly agreed to sell their lands to the Queen (2nd Article). So stealing? And reparations happened.
Don't forget that this was not a treaty signed under duress or using trickery, as many might assume from the history in the United States and treaties with it's native inhabitants there.
Both parties (the Crown) AND the many chiefs were generally eager to sign.
Not really. You should read up on the treaty, because it's very interesting and unusual in that it were the Maōri that pushed for it in the first place (they wanted British protection against the French).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi
Did you cover this much ground during rush hour when you were 6yo though?
Didn't you overwhelmingly reject almost the same literal apartheid enshrined into law, solely based on ethnicity, (that this NZ government is rolling back, restoring equality under the law for all NZ citizens) into the Australian constitution a little over a year ago?
It was the Maōri that pushed for the treaty.
The alternative was probable extermination, or otherwise certain subjugation by the French. Please read the history.
The English massively helped the Maōri out. They could have chosen to not piss of the French, take their relatively small population and bounce.
It was 50% of certain resources to 18% of the population, and the other 50% to the remaining 82%. Based solely on ethnicity
That is a literal apartheid state enshrined in law.
So the only remedy to past discrimination is current discrimination? Where is the offramp?
And do you realise the Maōri were all eager to sign because the alternative was probable extermination, and otherwise certain subjugation by the French?
Have you read any of the history? Both sides were eager to sign the treaty. The English saved the Maōri from extermination by the French, most likely. If not that it would not have been pretty AT ALL.
The Chiefs signed willingly. No coercion, or trickery. Don't look at this through a US lens and how the treaties fucked the natives over there. It's NOT the same!
The changes made by the previous government enshrined preferential treatment based on ethnicity into law. Literally an apartheid state.
This government is restoring equality under the law for ALL NZ citizens .
You are clearly viewing this treaty through an US lens. This treaty was not signed under coercion or trickery. The chiefs were happy to sign it and it was understood the English version was the binding version.
Things did not go as fucked up as the treaties with the Native Americans went in the US, and Maōri still have exactly the same rights as all NZ citizens. The problem was that before they had *more* enshrining a literal apartheid state into law.
By way of example the "Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union" is translated in all member state languages, but the English version is binding.
See the intro in all the different languages defining the following text (in English) as the true text:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/pdf/text_en.pdf
Not to say the Maōri weren't screwed value-wise, but in both versions they clearly agreed to sell their lands to the Queen (2nd Article). So stealing? And reparations happened.
Just noting that it's almost always the case that treaties in multiple languages define one as the legally binding one.
It's the only practical way too, since languages rarely contain exactly the same concepts and a true 1 to 1 translation is almost impossible between any languages. It wouldn't even be possible between British English and American English!
And some more (from which I took the quote):
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/race-issues-emerge-new-zealands-election-2023-10-03/
Don't forget that this was not a treaty signed under duress or using trickery, as many might assume from the history in the United States and treaties with it's native inhabitants there.
Both parties (the Crown) AND the many chiefs were generally eager to sign.
More info for those that seek it: https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/treaty-waitangi/treaty-close/two-parties-two
Full text of the treaty (English, Maōri, and a contemporary translation of the latter): https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/treaty-waitangi/treaty-close/full-text-te-tiriti-o
The Haka is of course fucking awesome. But what the previous government implemented, and the current one is now rolling back, WAS racist and created a literal apartheid state enshrined in law.
A similar proposition was defeated in Australia last year.
As a government official explained: "[the government should be] serving citizens based on their measured need rather than their ancestry".
Which is of course true if you want a democracy where ALL citizens are treated equally before the law...
If you're asking seriously. A great deal of my youth was defined by being gifted a Compaq Portable II.
It wasn't really portable (and this class of computers is known as "luggables"), but rather everything you needed was integrated into a 30lbs/15kg suitcase with a nice leather handle.
Between 1989 and 1995 I lugged that thing around a LOT. On the bus, train, etc.
Now I have young children (youngest 1y, almost 3y and 4y), and I'll try to give them "the experience". No social media.
If you have a good eye, you can see where someone (probably the owner) has laid a bodge wire from the yellow power connector, right along the memory to the two black plugs (one labeled R).
Those are the power plugs for the floppy drive and HDD. I haven't had the board out, but I expect on the underside a trace had been completely evaporated due to a short.
Or the person that repaired this found 0 volt at the plugs, and no short either and just slapped a wire between.
I do miss those days tho
See for reference https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/s/7DRlIphcdu
Some absolutely based people have created replica memory expansion boards for the Portable II and III.
I'm hoping to coax them into modifying the backplane so the 386 can be added to the list.
See for reference https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/s/7DRlIphcdu
Some absolutely based people have created replica memory expansion boards for the Portable II and III.
I'm hoping to coax them into modifying the backplane so the 386 can be added to the list.
Yeah, 1k per Terabyte I guess. Plus a Tb or 3 from RDX But have you looked at the state of the thing???
Fire damage, water damage, fell through the floor too.
Backup people! Two sets cold storage at home, another at another geographical place. Then rotate sets as much as is necessary.
I HAD THIS IMPLEMENTED TOO, FOR OVER 2 DECADES, but just 3 days after I took my set from my saftery deposit box because I wanted to upgrade capacity my house burned down....
MURPHY YOU SOB.
Yes, it took 2 weeks by 2 teams of 3.
me neither, so you're forgiven :)
Lies. Like they would have guns?
You're right, I meant "Kobe beef". The trademark is not protected in the US, and almost all meat sold under that name in the US is fake.
Source? Wikipedia says Norway's total tax revenue was 42.2% of GDP in 2012 and for the US 24.8% in 2010.
<.. and by law it has to be processed within the country.
I did exaggerate a bit, but it's indeed BS that only 17% is actually recycled. The rest is burnt because it can't be processed within NL ..>
Luckily reality doesn't care about your feelings :) But seriously, if I ever get this stupid, just shoot me behind the shed.
Thank you for the explanation. Obviously that's what OP was going for, but the title was ambiguous, so I figured I'd make a joke. 5yr ago :)
Yes, of course. It's probably inevitable to occur in any voting system based on arbitrary geographical areas.