Flying Squid@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoNew Zealand's Mount Taranaki gets same legal rights as a personwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down13
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkNew Zealand's Mount Taranaki gets same legal rights as a personwww.bbc.co.ukFlying Squid@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·edit-25 hours agoSo people have the same “rights” as a large pile of dirt? That’s a good indicator of their worthlessness.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoIt’s a sacred mountain, not a “pile of dirt.” This is redressing colonialism. Not massively, but at least it’s something. The Maori want this, so I’m not sure why you think it indicates worthlessness. The mountain is now saved from exploitation.
So people have the same “rights” as a large pile of dirt? That’s a good indicator of their worthlessness.
It’s a sacred mountain, not a “pile of dirt.” This is redressing colonialism. Not massively, but at least it’s something.
The Maori want this, so I’m not sure why you think it indicates worthlessness. The mountain is now saved from exploitation.