02-27-2012, 05:48 PM
There are two new comments to the story on Big Island Chronicle (not Big Island Weekly, that is some other article I guess), both defending the owner and criticizing Mr. Foster for supposedly refusing help and going for establishing grounds for a lawsuit.
http://www.bigislandchronicle.com/2012/0...ent-125598
Worth reading to hear the other side. I have no knowledge whatsoever of who is right or wrong or part right or wrong, but from what they are saying, the Native Hawaiian and "local" residents are on the side of the owner. Her credentials with the community are listed and they are considerable.
The second commenter makes the remark that who you know always matters here because it is an intertwined community ... and I know that is true.
If you are a transplant who comes here, it feels sucky that you don't matter as much as people who were born here, but from the "grown here" perspective, that is the way it is, and you should be on board with that or don't come live here. I've heard that many times and from good people.
I do think it would be lovely if the police treated everyone alike, but then of course I would think so ... if it were my uncles and cousins on the force, my ohana, I might feel differently. I have never had relatives in law enforcement, so I wouldn't know what it's like to get treated as family ... but it is the way things are done here.
Most likely there is right and wrong and miscommunication on both sides. Should be quite a meeting.
FWIW, nothing of what I just said changes my POV that I'm adamantly against dogs running free in the streets of our neighborhoods.
http://www.bigislandchronicle.com/2012/0...ent-125598
Worth reading to hear the other side. I have no knowledge whatsoever of who is right or wrong or part right or wrong, but from what they are saying, the Native Hawaiian and "local" residents are on the side of the owner. Her credentials with the community are listed and they are considerable.
The second commenter makes the remark that who you know always matters here because it is an intertwined community ... and I know that is true.
If you are a transplant who comes here, it feels sucky that you don't matter as much as people who were born here, but from the "grown here" perspective, that is the way it is, and you should be on board with that or don't come live here. I've heard that many times and from good people.
I do think it would be lovely if the police treated everyone alike, but then of course I would think so ... if it were my uncles and cousins on the force, my ohana, I might feel differently. I have never had relatives in law enforcement, so I wouldn't know what it's like to get treated as family ... but it is the way things are done here.
Most likely there is right and wrong and miscommunication on both sides. Should be quite a meeting.
FWIW, nothing of what I just said changes my POV that I'm adamantly against dogs running free in the streets of our neighborhoods.