A New Zealand scientist has claimed that Maoris have a ‘warrior’ gene, which makes them more prone to violent and criminal behaviour.
Since I have recently gone to New Zealand as a school trip and have watched them performing their traditions, this article has caught my attention.
Well the article has mentioned that it is a genetic reason to the over-representation of Maoris in violence statistics. Perhaps its true however I believe their violent nature should be controllable as the scientist said the influence is rather small.
In addition, although the ‘warrior’ gene is associated with violence, it does not mean Maoris are aggressive for the wrong reasons. All in all more research has to be done to come up with a substantiated conclusion to the reason for the Maoris being more prone to criminal behaviour.
posted by mickeymonkey @ 6:20 pm
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