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Posted November 03, 2010 01:50 · last edited March 18, 2021 08:08

bwtcf wrote:
1. New Zealander's getting het up when people disrespect the haka by not doing what we expect them to do when they are presented with a haka. Let's say there was a hypothetical culture out there, for argument's sake let's say an Andean Mountain tribe, and let's say in their culture it just so happens that the highest respect you can give someone who is greeting or challenging you is to turn your back on them, and the rudest thing you could do is get upset about them having turned their back on you... If a New Zealand sports team played a team from that Andean Mountain tribe and the New Zealand team did a haka... whose cultural values trumps whose? Do we get upset that they are disrespecting our haka because we think that their turning their back on our haka is disrespectful, or do they get upset at us for getting offended when they pay us the highest compliment they can think of by turning their backs on our haka?


That would be valid if such a culture existed and this scenario actually happened. You cant just make a scenario up to prove another point.

If such a thing happened,I'm sure the other side would be allowed to turn their back,as it would actually be seen as facing the haka in their culture,so everyone wins. None has to trump the other.

But as i was saying,making up a scenario to fit another = stupid.

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bwtcf wrote:
1. New Zealander's getting het up when people disrespect the haka by not doing what we expect them to do when they are presented with a haka. Let's say there was a hypothetical culture out there, for argument's sake let's say an Andean Mountain tribe, and let's say in their culture it just so happens that the highest respect you can give someone who is greeting or challenging you is to turn your back on them, and the rudest thing you could do is get upset about them having turned their back on you... If a New Zealand sports team played a team from that Andean Mountain tribe and the New Zealand team did a haka... whose cultural values trumps whose? Do we get upset that they are disrespecting our haka because we think that their turning their back on our haka is disrespectful, or do they get upset at us for getting offended when they pay us the highest compliment they can think of by turning their backs on our haka?


That would be valid if such a culture existed and this scenario actually happened. You cant just make a scenario up to prove another point.

If such a thing happened,I'm sure the other side would be allowed to turn their back,as it would actually be seen as facing the haka in their culture,so everyone wins. None has to trump the other.

But as i was saying,making up a scenario to fit another = stupid.