Ilovethebomb to Aotearoa / New Zealand · 7 months agoTe Papa says panel with Te Tiriti o Waitangi translation damaged by protesterswww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkTe Papa says panel with Te Tiriti o Waitangi translation damaged by protesterswww.rnz.co.nzIlovethebomb to Aotearoa / New Zealand · 7 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareIlovethebombOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·7 months agoI hate how breaking things and disrupting people’s lives when you don’t get your own way has become the done thing.
minus-squareXcf456linkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoIt’s been the done thing as long as protests have existed
minus-squareSplenetic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-27 months agoIt’s not “the done thing” which is why it’s a protest and say, writing a letter to the news papers isn’t.
minus-squareIlovethebombOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoWriting letters absolutely is a form of protest though.
minus-squarelivlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoThis really isn’t a new phenomenon. New Zealand has a long history of it, too. In fact the Maori plowing movement at Parihaka directly influenced Mahatma Gandhi.
I hate how breaking things and disrupting people’s lives when you don’t get your own way has become the done thing.
It’s been the done thing as long as protests have existed
It’s not “the done thing” which is why it’s a protest and say, writing a letter to the news papers isn’t.
Writing letters absolutely is a form of protest though.
This really isn’t a new phenomenon. New Zealand has a long history of it, too.
In fact the Maori plowing movement at Parihaka directly influenced Mahatma Gandhi.