tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post7936128138472990361..comments2023-10-12T00:07:25.722+13:00Comments on roarprawn: 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPRINGBOK TOURUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-20914790376305023232011-07-07T04:56:47.984+12:002011-07-07T04:56:47.984+12:00Good on ya for having the guts to speak out agains...Good on ya for having the guts to speak out against the Tour, even when the locals didn't want to hear it! It's a real eye-opener to see how the cops treat demonstrators eh? Not quite the 'protect and serve' myth they like to promote... ;)<br /><br />Best sign of hope tho, is Ross Meurant - when even police leaders recant and talk about how wrong the Tour and their actions were, you know there is hope for the future.<br /><br />Mad Marxist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-56018306550218845952011-07-04T18:16:32.683+12:002011-07-04T18:16:32.683+12:00I was a young fella at the time. I protested the t...I was a young fella at the time. I protested the tour notwithstanding my love of rugby and wanting to watch the old foe. I came from a fairly left background so that probably had some influence on my view. Well I'm a bit of a righty today and would still march even with my conservative views. National was a disgrace at the time, rugby supporters were a disgrace at the time, and our police force was a disgrace at the time. It had a lasting impact on my view of the rugby fraternity - I still don't really drink with the boof heads. That said, thank goodness for the courage of Graham Mourie who refused to play - a bloody kiwi hero up there with Apiata in my view. He's the reason I still play and support rugby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-5757805305849964072011-07-03T19:08:03.004+12:002011-07-03T19:08:03.004+12:00Great post, thanks Roarprawn - I was at high schoo...Great post, thanks Roarprawn - I was at high school at the time, in Christchurch, and only found out about the sheer level of violence shown towards the protestors years afterwards. Also I was lucky enough to be surrounded be around people who also opposed the tour, so I thought that was normal! Don't know if you have seen Patu, which captures a lot of the spirit of that time (and features, I am sure of it, a much younger Hone Harawira). Cheers JackieOJackieOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16031478514913822832noreply@blogger.com