04-04-2015, 08:01 AM
True feelings....that have to wait for a convenient recreational event in town so as to save on travel costs. This after years of well publicized negotiations and permitting efforts.
Opihikau, I find most of your posts well thought-out and reasonable, but sometimes you have to tell it like it is. The "process" we are going through now is that a vocal minority who didn't get their way are trying to derail a project that will make Hawaii a world player or keep it so as it already is, pumping millions of dollars into the economy, an economy that for the most part has been based on Big Sugar, the military, and prostituting the Aloha Spirit and so this would be a refreshing and uplifting change, a step in the right direction. They don't know how Pele or any other deity feels about it. They don't know how the ancient Hawaiians (who despite a general reverence for the mountains saw fit to operate a quarry high on the slopes of this sacred mountain because the quality of stone there had material value) would have felt about it. They ought to know how the majority of people now living in Hawaii feel about it but apparently they don't care. They DO know how THEY feel about it. Apparently that's all that matters to them so forgive me if my opinion is all that matters to me. The sincerity of their beliefs is undercut and crippled by the lack of credibility they have earned themselves. Despite my generally high opinion of you and your posts I feel that you are enabling them in a cause that has no merit.
Opihikau, I find most of your posts well thought-out and reasonable, but sometimes you have to tell it like it is. The "process" we are going through now is that a vocal minority who didn't get their way are trying to derail a project that will make Hawaii a world player or keep it so as it already is, pumping millions of dollars into the economy, an economy that for the most part has been based on Big Sugar, the military, and prostituting the Aloha Spirit and so this would be a refreshing and uplifting change, a step in the right direction. They don't know how Pele or any other deity feels about it. They don't know how the ancient Hawaiians (who despite a general reverence for the mountains saw fit to operate a quarry high on the slopes of this sacred mountain because the quality of stone there had material value) would have felt about it. They ought to know how the majority of people now living in Hawaii feel about it but apparently they don't care. They DO know how THEY feel about it. Apparently that's all that matters to them so forgive me if my opinion is all that matters to me. The sincerity of their beliefs is undercut and crippled by the lack of credibility they have earned themselves. Despite my generally high opinion of you and your posts I feel that you are enabling them in a cause that has no merit.