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The Haka
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<blockquote data-quote="ozzy" data-source="post: 142797"><p>The only reason anyone cares about making an issue of the haka or how to respond to it is because the ABs are such a strong team.</p><p>No one gives a **** about the Samoans, Tongans and Fijians doing their war dance, the crowd and opposition enjoy it and pat the island boys on their heads and thank them for sharing their culture with them and that's it.</p><p>With the ABs however, there is the likelihood they are going to get their asses handed to them and so they do everything they can to try and gain some kind of mental advantage over a team who will generally spank them off the park 9 times out of 10. </p><p></p><p>So the coaches, management and desperate fans, ***** about it off and on the field to try and turn it into a distraction that they hope will help them win against the ABs. Simple as that. All the "cultural" aspects and the right of the ABs to perform a haka vs. our right to respond, blah blah blah is all a lot of crap and a smokescreen(albeit a transparent one) to cover what is essentially gamesmanship.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ozzy, post: 142797"] The only reason anyone cares about making an issue of the haka or how to respond to it is because the ABs are such a strong team. No one gives a **** about the Samoans, Tongans and Fijians doing their war dance, the crowd and opposition enjoy it and pat the island boys on their heads and thank them for sharing their culture with them and that's it. With the ABs however, there is the likelihood they are going to get their asses handed to them and so they do everything they can to try and gain some kind of mental advantage over a team who will generally spank them off the park 9 times out of 10. So the coaches, management and desperate fans, ***** about it off and on the field to try and turn it into a distraction that they hope will help them win against the ABs. Simple as that. All the "cultural" aspects and the right of the ABs to perform a haka vs. our right to respond, blah blah blah is all a lot of crap and a smokescreen(albeit a transparent one) to cover what is essentially gamesmanship. [/QUOTE]
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