07-09-2014, 04:18 AM
Aloha kakahiaka kakou. Mahalo for caring about this issue.
Now that the DOI meetings are complete, the response from the kanaka maoli will go back to Washington DC for contemplation.
Chunkster, mahalo for the well thought out post, which certainly leaves food for thought. Great points you bring up, which deserve serious consideration.
We cannot turn back the hands of time, we cannot expect OHA, nor any one entity (Kanaiolowalu, Reinstated Hawaiian Kingdom, etc.), to lead this effort. If this becomes the decision of an international body, the results may not benefit either the kanaka maoli nor the US.
We must continue to be educated, make decisions that will not harm either the kanaka maoli (any further), nor the US. Those of us who are called "assimilated Hawaiians" want a peaceful, reasonable, and just solution.
OHA and DHHL have not been managed properly, thus, Hawaiians suffer again. The political involvement of both entities has resulted in distrust, anger, and perceived abuse of our holdings. Perhaps both entities need to be dissolved.
In this day of progress and change, we, as a people, can never forget our culture, our language, and our history. How to find the balance is the challenge.
When I was little, my Papa taught me to type these words as practice on an old Royal typewriter: "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country". I firmly believe there is middle ground to be found, if all of us contribute to this effort. Now is the hour, as it were.
Mahalo again for your opinions, discussion, and sincere aloha for all of our people.
JMO.
Now that the DOI meetings are complete, the response from the kanaka maoli will go back to Washington DC for contemplation.
Chunkster, mahalo for the well thought out post, which certainly leaves food for thought. Great points you bring up, which deserve serious consideration.
We cannot turn back the hands of time, we cannot expect OHA, nor any one entity (Kanaiolowalu, Reinstated Hawaiian Kingdom, etc.), to lead this effort. If this becomes the decision of an international body, the results may not benefit either the kanaka maoli nor the US.
We must continue to be educated, make decisions that will not harm either the kanaka maoli (any further), nor the US. Those of us who are called "assimilated Hawaiians" want a peaceful, reasonable, and just solution.
OHA and DHHL have not been managed properly, thus, Hawaiians suffer again. The political involvement of both entities has resulted in distrust, anger, and perceived abuse of our holdings. Perhaps both entities need to be dissolved.
In this day of progress and change, we, as a people, can never forget our culture, our language, and our history. How to find the balance is the challenge.
When I was little, my Papa taught me to type these words as practice on an old Royal typewriter: "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country". I firmly believe there is middle ground to be found, if all of us contribute to this effort. Now is the hour, as it were.
Mahalo again for your opinions, discussion, and sincere aloha for all of our people.
JMO.