That’s bullshit. They would have obviously preferred not to be punished and prevent from participating in the parliament like they were elected to do.
Obviously. In that universe, they don’t perform the haka at all. They don’t need to protest. The haka was protest! Done illegally(*)! Knowingly and intentionally! That’s called fucking civil disobedience. THE PUNISHMENT IS PART OF THE PROTEST. Jesus fucking fuck, dude. In your mind, do you imagine they expected that maybe they wouldn’t get punished?? They KNEW, and that’s part of the fucking reason they DID IT. Jesus fuck.
Obviously. In that universe, they don’t perform the haka at all. They don’t need to protest. The haka was protest! Done illegally(*)! Knowingly and intentionally! That’s called fucking civil disobedience. THE PUNISHMENT IS PART OF THE PROTEST. Jesus fucking fuck, dude. In your mind, do you imagine they expected that maybe they wouldn’t get punished?? They KNEW, and that’s part of the fucking reason they DID IT. Jesus fuck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience
In that universe they would perform the Haka and stay in Parliament.