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<blockquote data-quote="Nickdnz" data-source="post: 271913"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Flux @ Jul 17 2009, 05:55 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=405362" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>I am in agreement with it, but it's a matter of time until one of the arm swinging gestures hits a "challenged" player, who shouldn't be up in your face like that. Up in your face like a metre away, fine. Up in your face like 5 centimetres or more, is asking for trouble. Culture or not, we aren't wanting violence to break out, or the good reputation of the Haka to be soiled.</p><p></p><p>I mean how close is too close? Pushing heads together? The day that the first brawl happens because of "too close" has already happened in junior levels, it must not come to tests. A punch up prior to the kick-off is not what anyone wants.</p><p></p><p>Or is it?</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p>Yes it will be someone like Ma'a Nonu, not because he is an idiot but simply because getting in someones face is bound to prevoke a reaction. If anyone has ever been in a rugby match, and someone gets in your face, I personally would react by pushing that person off, and in return I think a fight would start. I agree that it is best to keep a distance away in order not to prevoke the team giving the Haka. In matches at school, when another school does a Haka, yes it is supposed to be taken as a challenge, but it is also something you respect.</p><p>Naturally I see your point and I doubt that it would be long before some idiot like Ma'a Nonu took a swing at someone for 'disrespecting' him. I don't think the Haka will ever resort to that on the International stage and it should obviously stay that way.</p><p></p><p>But I still love to see a good Haka. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p>I think it is still a good idea to show respect to a Haka by not getting in someones face, as the natural reaction to that is going to be physical contact.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Nickdnz, post: 271913"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Flux @ Jul 17 2009, 05:55 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=405362']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> I am in agreement with it, but it's a matter of time until one of the arm swinging gestures hits a "challenged" player, who shouldn't be up in your face like that. Up in your face like a metre away, fine. Up in your face like 5 centimetres or more, is asking for trouble. Culture or not, we aren't wanting violence to break out, or the good reputation of the Haka to be soiled. I mean how close is too close? Pushing heads together? The day that the first brawl happens because of "too close" has already happened in junior levels, it must not come to tests. A punch up prior to the kick-off is not what anyone wants. Or is it? [/b][/quote] Yes it will be someone like Ma'a Nonu, not because he is an idiot but simply because getting in someones face is bound to prevoke a reaction. If anyone has ever been in a rugby match, and someone gets in your face, I personally would react by pushing that person off, and in return I think a fight would start. I agree that it is best to keep a distance away in order not to prevoke the team giving the Haka. In matches at school, when another school does a Haka, yes it is supposed to be taken as a challenge, but it is also something you respect. Naturally I see your point and I doubt that it would be long before some idiot like Ma'a Nonu took a swing at someone for 'disrespecting' him. I don't think the Haka will ever resort to that on the International stage and it should obviously stay that way. But I still love to see a good Haka. :D [/b][/quote] I think it is still a good idea to show respect to a Haka by not getting in someones face, as the natural reaction to that is going to be physical contact. [/QUOTE]
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