[Sca-cooks] Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 17, Issue 56

[Adele de Maisieres]

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?
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