[Sca-cooks] Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 17, Issue 56
Adele de Maisieres
ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Thu Sep 20 18:25:39 PDT 2007
Martha Oser wrote:
>The haka that the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team performs is an "in your
>face" haka - basically, "we're not just going to beat you, we're going to
>beat you so hard your grandchildren will feel it!"
>
>It's an important part of Polynesian culture to insult your enemies - a
>good, zinging insult lasts longer than just killing the guy, after all.
>
>
Not quite. "Ka Mate" isn't insulting at all. Neither is the other All
Blacks haka Kapa o Pango.
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Adele de Maisieres
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Habeo metrum - musicamque,
hominem meam. Expectat alium quid?
-Georgeus Gershwinus
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