02-13-2011, 01:53 AM
Alaskana, to answer your point. Do I believe that sovereignty is a possibility? In all likelihood not. However, I consider the sovereignty movement to be an excellent starting off point for discussion on what has happened to the Hawaiian people. Once a sovereign nation, the people who initially occupied these Islands are now an underclass. They suffer more poverty, homelessness, disease (specifically incidents of breast cancer), and poor education than any other ethnic group here. This is after their land was stolen by imperialist factions of the US. To you Hawaii resident rednecks, this is historic fact and really can't be rewritten. I think a lot of this is explained in the Akaka bill which can be accessed on LexusNexus.
As I stated before, any discussion has to begin with Hawaii being a sovereign nation at the time of annexation. Saying that Kamehameha is an intruder or occupier the same as the US is nothing short of absurd. Please. And saying that Hawaii does not belong to the Hawaiians due to the fact that it was uninhabited before the first Polynesians arrived is equally absurd. The absolute fact is Hawaii was a country. There is no legal precedent for what happened here. Even the greatest Imperialistic country ever known, Great Britain, was able to give sovereignty back when it realized it's legal and moral obligations.
As I stated before, any discussion has to begin with Hawaii being a sovereign nation at the time of annexation. Saying that Kamehameha is an intruder or occupier the same as the US is nothing short of absurd. Please. And saying that Hawaii does not belong to the Hawaiians due to the fact that it was uninhabited before the first Polynesians arrived is equally absurd. The absolute fact is Hawaii was a country. There is no legal precedent for what happened here. Even the greatest Imperialistic country ever known, Great Britain, was able to give sovereignty back when it realized it's legal and moral obligations.