I hope none of you get too upset over my topic choice, stance and response, but
the NZ Herald exists to wind me up.
Now I'm not racist. I have a diverse mix of both friends and ancestry that I take a delight in. I'm you're basic mutt human in both social and genetic measures, so you know I'm not being ethno-partisan when I say I would richly like to kick some Maori ass.
I tend to look down on extremist ways of life or belief, although I recognise at some point we all have to be extreme about something. So apart from the enduring fact that I am extremely cute, this can be my other extreme feature: if a miscreant threatens to make my streets run with blood I will warmly offer said miscreant the chance to Bring It On.
Less than 10% of the population is Maori. So perceived fairness and past issues aside, if some of the above ethnic tidying took place it wouldn't be the Europeans getting the bottlebrush of war shoved up their asses. Quite the reverse. There are probably more of those idiot National Front retards than there are Maori, and the NF dorks are better trained.
So in summary: Dear Helen Clark. Please don't hold them back. The Maori activist groups are big kids now and want a fair go at it. The rest of New Zealand is tired of hearing about it and sincerely promises they'll never, ever get a second shot at it.