The euphoria that erupted in the public gallery of the New Zealand House of Parliament two weeks ago when the Bill to Remove the Samoa (Western Samoa) Citizenship Act 1982 passed its first reading may be premature.There is a long process to go through before the bill comes back to the House for t.
It is useful when considering politics, including racial politics and sexual politics, to be aware of cheer words and boo words. As an example of a cheer word, the philosopher Jamie Whyte gives “justice”, where “what it means is not perfectly clear but, whatever someone takes it to mean, he will think it’s a good thing”.Jamie Whyte, 2005, A Load of Blair, London: Corvo, p. 48. Jamie Whyte calls cheer words hooray words. Boo words are the opposite of cheer words, an example being “racism”. What