Polynesians reach Australia

[Chingo360]

if the definition of everything would be used exactly half of our language would dissappear...

...oh Leo!?

 

[chunkeymonkey13q]

So, maybe people (ahem you) might be correct in their arguments.

 

[Chingo360]

Sad come back....

 

[Straha]

Leo's not on.

 

[chunkeymonkey13q]

Sad arguments...

 

[Chingo360]

Sad debate...

 

[chunkeymonkey13q]

Dude, be quiet and stop messing with the kid's thread. I mean really what was the point of doing this?

 

[Straha]

Chunkey is right.

 

[Chingo360]

Dude, be quiet and stop messing with the kid's thread. I mean really what was the point of doing this?

uhm well i replied to something you said and then it started getting out of hand, so well you did sorta participate in messing it up

 

[chunkeymonkey13q]

Yeah, but my arguments were supported by definitions, youres weren't.

 

[Chingo360]

no mine were facts but now lets leave this thread alone

 

[chunkeymonkey13q]

No, because you didn't back them up. Not really a surprise there though.

 

[Chingo360]

... well its hard to do since i cant say something like for example President Bush is president cause he is president

but anywho lets leave it alone now, no matter what you reply with im not answering

 

[chunkeymonkey13q]

Okay then, whatever.

 

[Straha]

Well a polynesian state would be more advanced than the aboridgenes were...

 

[chunkeymonkey13q]

Maybe they would have eventually built up a state like the Phoenicians did?

 

[Straha]

Maybe they would have eventually built up a state like the Phoenicians did?

the best analogy is the maori. Not the phoenecians.

 

[chunkeymonkey13q]

Maybe the Chinese treasure fleet visits the region?

 

[David S Poepoe]

Its hilarious who you two farted about the definition. The Polynesians didn't suffer from overpopulation as defined by the West. The definition given, about a hundred replies ago, looks more to apply to Easter Island than either Tahiti, Hawaii or New Zealand. Whatever happened to wunderlust? In many instances it was entirely political events that caused people to migrate.

So if they had landed in Australia what would have happened? First off, theres no real proof that they never set foot on it. I think one problem is that the voyaging fleets were composed of a small number of canoes carrying a small number of inhabitants. I think its likely that at any place the Polynesians would have set foot on Australia they would have been outnumbered by Aborigines.

 

[Darkest]

They say that the Polynesias landed within the borders of the Incan Empire and you question if they landed on Australia?

Of course their ships touched the shores of Australia. They just didn't want to make a colony. The Polynesians settled lush areas, they didn't want to make lush areas. They were kind of lazy in that area. I don't think in a traditional sense Polynesians would want to land on any part of dingy pre-European Australia and try to cultivate something of a civilization.

Polynesians are awesome, though. Excellent, excellent navigators.