07-17-2013, 10:23 AM
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The result, of course is that Kollin Elderts was shot dead.
Anywho, there are a lot of people who suddenly have the very strong opinion that any fisticuffs encounter now makes pulling out a gun and killing somebody OK. (I don't think anybody thought this way 40 years ago.)
I'm sure that Kollin Elderts would have thrown his racial slurs at me, too, but the racial slurs that Kollin Elders DID throw that night were basically over and done with when armed and dangerous (fact!!) Agent Deedy decided to ... what did he decide to do? The two persons involved were sitting at tables far enough apart. Was he going to, at 2:45 a.m. in McDonald's, take care of 200 years of racial tensions in Hawaii? Was he going to change Kollin Elderts into somebody who wouldn't from time to time vent his Ha'ole hatred on some oblivious mainland tourist?
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The result, of course is that Kollin Elderts was shot dead.
Anywho, there are a lot of people who suddenly have the very strong opinion that any fisticuffs encounter now makes pulling out a gun and killing somebody OK. (I don't think anybody thought this way 40 years ago.)
I'm sure that Kollin Elderts would have thrown his racial slurs at me, too, but the racial slurs that Kollin Elders DID throw that night were basically over and done with when armed and dangerous (fact!!) Agent Deedy decided to ... what did he decide to do? The two persons involved were sitting at tables far enough apart. Was he going to, at 2:45 a.m. in McDonald's, take care of 200 years of racial tensions in Hawaii? Was he going to change Kollin Elderts into somebody who wouldn't from time to time vent his Ha'ole hatred on some oblivious mainland tourist?
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