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U is for Utu

April 24, 2014

Utu is a Maori word. If asked, I would have defined utu as revenge for wrong doings. I’m sort of right, but when I double-checked the definition, I discovered it means much more. According the the NZ History site, utu is maintaining the balance and harmony within...

An Eye for An Eye

February 12, 2009

I had a couple of topics ready to do a TT, but I'm feeling grumpy and a bit bloodthirsty today so I decided to do my TT on REVENGE. 1. Some philosophers would give a sex to revenge, and appropriate it almost exclusively to the female mind. But, like most other vices,...