10-05-2011, 07:56 AM
SHW-
I'm all for taking it down a notch.
I'm not a lawyer, I'm a tradesman. Just because I defend my ideas doesn't mean I don't work with my hands.
I just wanted to make clear what I think. I felt that you took some of my comments and then extrapolated an extreme position. Suddenly I'm against the sheep, hunters, and the rights of locals and Native Hawaiians. Not the case.
No, I haven't seen any convincing data that the deer will be good for the Big Island. So I'm against it until I see something that shows they will be helpful to more than a few hunters.
The reason I felt that you have an attitude that favors the rights of some over others were your comments regarding those that have "generations" on the island should be given more say than those that haven't been here as long. I think KathyH summed it up pretty good with her Hawaiians-in-Las Vegas analogy.
Time in the community counts but shouldn't mean you only have a say if you speak Pidgin.
I agree that in the end this is a disagreement on the Internet, not much at stake but it does give a cause for those that read this to at least consider the subject.
I'm all for taking it down a notch.
I'm not a lawyer, I'm a tradesman. Just because I defend my ideas doesn't mean I don't work with my hands.
I just wanted to make clear what I think. I felt that you took some of my comments and then extrapolated an extreme position. Suddenly I'm against the sheep, hunters, and the rights of locals and Native Hawaiians. Not the case.
No, I haven't seen any convincing data that the deer will be good for the Big Island. So I'm against it until I see something that shows they will be helpful to more than a few hunters.
The reason I felt that you have an attitude that favors the rights of some over others were your comments regarding those that have "generations" on the island should be given more say than those that haven't been here as long. I think KathyH summed it up pretty good with her Hawaiians-in-Las Vegas analogy.
Time in the community counts but shouldn't mean you only have a say if you speak Pidgin.
I agree that in the end this is a disagreement on the Internet, not much at stake but it does give a cause for those that read this to at least consider the subject.