Who said that my comments must be relevant to the topic or previous posts? I just happened to be thinking about that book so I pulled up a link and posted it. As far as I know I am under no obligation to contribute to a coherent discussion. In fact, I started my own thread and "catters" showed up to argue over unrelated topics as if I wasn't even there.

Btw, did you really read that book or are you just saying that to appear omniscient? I see a lot of that on here. Along with anarchy and Social Darwinism :-) Yeah, after hanging around Mudcat for roughly one short month, I am aware that the majority have a certain personality type which I would call "disingenuous provocateur."

Actually, my son has a B.S. in Anthropology and has been to New Zealand and Guatemala. So I'm more familiar than most with the Maori, in theory anyway. He has a necklace with a carved pendant similar to one of the ones shown on that site. It's a pretty thing :-)

As to why I don't use my mudcat handle? I don't feel like it. Maybe it symbolizes my dwindling commitment to visiting this forum. Anymore questions?