[The Scourge of Yazid]

I love the fact that these Marxist twits glom on to any movement that espouses a radical, racially-tinged political ideology.

Forget the fact that Hawaii was ruled by a Queen, i.e. the embodiment of a repressive, antiquated, monarchical system of governance; Lili'oukalani had dark skin, therefore she is to be celebrated by ignorant socialists, who have no consistent ideology, other than opposing the status quo.

What strikes me as being even more ridiculous though, is this dispute over the Elgin Marbles. It confounds me that a former imperial nation, led by men who were essentially white-if a bit darker than their Northern European counterparts-can somehow fashion a self-serving argument on their behalf that relies upon contemporary, deconstructionist, anti-colonial claptrap, to acquire relics that haven't been in their nation's possession for years.

In my opinion, all of these people are boobs, whose opinions should be treated with the contempt that they have so rightfully earned.

[happygrl]

"you can set up tribunals and commissions, you can give us compensation, you can put Maori people in charge of this and that, but at the end of the day we demand that the treaty be honoured: it guaranteed Maori government of our own lands, our own forests, our own fisheries."

Does this mean they'll be setting up casinos ?

[Modernman]

Forget the fact that Hawaii was ruled by a Queen, i.e. the embodiment of a repressive, antiquated, monarchical system of governance; Lili'oukalani had dark skin, therefore she is to be celebrated by ignorant socialists, who have no consistent ideology, other than opposing the status quo.

Black socialists in Africa (and this country) have latched onto Shaka Zulu as a symbol of proleterian anto-imperialism. Of course, they don't get the he would be considered a reactionary by today's standards and that he practiced quite a bit of his own imperialism.