Politics

“Swarbrick came, quite literally, with one thing in mind: desecration.” – Dane Giraud

A recent post by William McGimpsey reflects a deeply flawed (applaud me for not using skin-deep), ahistorical, and culturally superficial understanding of social cohesion and immigration. McGimpsey seems to argue that racial similarity (specifically being “white British”) guarantees social cohesion. But this claim crumbles under even cursory historical scrutiny. If social cohesion truly followed pigmentation, […]

“… if rules are meant to be broken, censorship deserves to be smashed.” – Dane Giraud

“While the democratic system that has dominated the western world for the past 200 to 300 years has many flaws, it remains one of the most stable systems of government.” – Sheree Trotter (@shereetrotter1)

“If law and morality are nothing more than expressions of power, then any claim to justice is merely another assertion of dominance” – Dane Giraud

“… even in the most extreme cases, justice cannot be divorced from humanity. To debase one is to debase all.” – Dane Giraud

I sign this Treaty with my hand, but with the mana of my ancestors. So said Hōne Heke, the first rangatira (chief) to sign the Treaty of Waitangi. To emphasise the gravity of this sentiment, he then mentioned two of his predecessors by name: Kaharau and Kauteawha. It would be difficult to imagine a statement that could […]

“Silence in the face of abuse is not merely complicity; it enables injustice.” – Jonathan Ayling.