10-14-2016, 03:44 AM
From the West Hawaii Toad @ http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/loca...understand
Hawaii County Mayor-elect Harry Kim says TMT proponents should better understand those who hold Mauna Kea sacred
It could be a symbol of unity, a structure that represents mankind’s desire to learn atop Mauna Kea.
But should the Thirty Meter Telescope come to fruition, telescope supporters will need to be more understanding of those who don’t want to see the project built atop a mountain they hold sacred.
“You have to change your way of how you approach the messenger,” told a room full of Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise members Wednesday morning at Humpy’s Big Island Alehouse in Kailua-Kona. “It’s a simple statement of, ‘We were wrong. We will be better.’ That’s where we must go.”
One should put themselves in a project opponent’s shoes, Kim told the breakfast crowd. Instead of just saying they understand where that side is coming from, truly learn about history and why one would hold the mountain sacred.
“It’s a special gift to the people of this world,” Kim said of the mountain on which the state-of-the art telescope was slated for construction before protests and a court ruling eventually postponed it.
“When you use this gift, please remember that 99 percent of the people on this island, when they look at Mauna Kea, it’s not as a place of science, they look at it because, some for the majesticness of its beauty, but for many, it’s part of their soul.”
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Hawaii County Mayor-elect Harry Kim says TMT proponents should better understand those who hold Mauna Kea sacred
It could be a symbol of unity, a structure that represents mankind’s desire to learn atop Mauna Kea.
But should the Thirty Meter Telescope come to fruition, telescope supporters will need to be more understanding of those who don’t want to see the project built atop a mountain they hold sacred.
“You have to change your way of how you approach the messenger,” told a room full of Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise members Wednesday morning at Humpy’s Big Island Alehouse in Kailua-Kona. “It’s a simple statement of, ‘We were wrong. We will be better.’ That’s where we must go.”
One should put themselves in a project opponent’s shoes, Kim told the breakfast crowd. Instead of just saying they understand where that side is coming from, truly learn about history and why one would hold the mountain sacred.
“It’s a special gift to the people of this world,” Kim said of the mountain on which the state-of-the art telescope was slated for construction before protests and a court ruling eventually postponed it.
“When you use this gift, please remember that 99 percent of the people on this island, when they look at Mauna Kea, it’s not as a place of science, they look at it because, some for the majesticness of its beauty, but for many, it’s part of their soul.”
More at the link above...