I have a massage therapy qualification and during my training I had to learn to ‘read’ a person by looking at their body map. Quite honestly you don’t need to have a massage qualification to read the body map of Michael Laws. His eternal grimace and bottomless black eyes say it all. Clothed in a scarey armour of hatred for the world .. a smile from him should strike fear into the hearts of many as it probably comes at the cost of making someone else feel small, inferior and unworthy.
And yet, we all experience wearing different hats for different situations in our lives. Whilst I will be known for my sharp tongue and its lashing at world events that affect me, I am also a very spiritual person who preaches about always looking for the good in this world and following the path of good self – development under our revered priestess Oprah Winfrey .. God I love her!! Michael Laws has a heart for his children as we have all read about in the Womens Magazines. So before I judge ..let’s have a look at some of the facts I know about the Michael Laws debacle thus far. 1/ He wants the spelling of Whanganui to remain as Wanganui. 2/ He believes he has a historical right to keep the ‘h’ out of the name because he researched it through a body of people who had nothing to do with naming it. 3/ He wrote a really nasty reply to school children who had the courage to show their displeasure at his attitude towards things Maori, particularly that he would not acknowledge the Maori origin of the place name for Whanganui. Hmmm .. not looking good Michael.
But you know what .. Michael Laws is passionate about his dislikes. He doesn’t mince words and is as un PC as they come. Man after my tonguetiger heart. Dammit, he commits to his view with so much passion and anger it’s hard to separate the two. But he lost me when he got all weak by putting out his cold hand to have the children from Otaki School come and visit with him in atonement. This back fired miserably and now he’s skulking because the same kids received an award for hitting goliath in the head.
In my personal mission to have an opinion about all the injustices of this world I have learnt a lot from Michael Laws about what can be effective and what can’t. Having a tantrum and throwing myself angrily about the room will only bring attention to my behaviour and not the issue I wish to resolve or throw light on. And then, as universal karma would have it, I happened to see this quote on a friends website that said
“…. The shortest path to ignorance is contempt before examination.”
Light bulb moment. Whilst I luuuuurve attention .. I really do want the issues I talk about on this site to have the limelight. So thank you Michael, you have turned into my most unlikely mentor. And I just love you for that.
tongue tiger