Thursday, April 2, 2009

Big plunge backwards

The National Government's decision to reinstate knights and dames into our honours system is a big plunge backwards.
Nearly a decade ago we dropped this import from Britain and developed our own honours system.
The idea was to reflect the growing maturity of our nation and us as New Zealanders by departing from our colonial past.
Now the National Government has bowed to the pressure of its hard core conservatives and plunged us back 20 years or more.
No wonder many countries around the world have a hard time taking us seriously when we proclaim ourselves as an independent and sovereign nation. We certainly don't act like one.

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