tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614009373413502880.post1321903410589248474..comments2024-01-10T22:34:05.663+13:00Comments on Contra Celsum: A New Tune, Or An Old DirgeJohn Tertullianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195747255458392629noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614009373413502880.post-85209092849597158642017-02-18T07:55:49.986+13:002017-02-18T07:55:49.986+13:00While I agree that Bastion Point was properly retu...While I agree that Bastion Point was properly returned to its rightful owner given the legal position surrounding it, its always helpful to ponder history. During the musket wars that ravaged the Maori, Auckland was no man's land between the demonstrably brutal thugs to the north and the arguably less brutal thugs to the south. Hardly anyone actually lived their because it was so dangerous with raiding parties traversing it as raiders went south and returned with spoils like waka filled with body parts for dinner.<br /><br />Wellington has a similar feature with the tribe that presently "owns" it having slaughtered the earlier occupants shortly before the Treaty was signed with that act of brutality giving them ownership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com