“The Other”

We talked about Cook’s secret mission to get land for Britain. Although it was written in his instructions that the inhabitants were children of God and to be treated with kindness, this was not the popular view of the day.

The Doctrine of Discovery justified the expansion of Christian empires and was used until very recently as an argument in courts of law.

We talked about the concept of ‘The Other” and whether someone being different justifies mistreatment.

 

Should we take things from “The Other”

No! Because they need their lands and it belongs to their country and don’t think if your skin’s white and other people’s faces are different than you, you don’t hit them because it’s the same people and you don’t say bad words to them.
-Emily

No! Because it’s not fair for other countries.
-Robin

No! Because they would have war and war is bad and it would be unfair.
-Guanyu

Yes! Because:
1/ I can take Chinese things like books or chairs or something.
2/ I can take New Zealand’s snacks.
(But we pay for them)
-Ha Eum Mok

No! Because people then would start war because they are angry at losing their land.
-Sebastian

No! Because it’s not nice and it’s rude and they will start a fight and “The Other” will be angry.
-Milyn

No! Because it is very rude and it will start a war. They will never be their friends and they will never see them again.
Maliepō

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