04-11-2015, 06:02 AM
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Originally posted by PaulW
"We Are xxxxxx"
This sort of slogan or hashtag is used in response to terrorist attack.
Why is it now being used in response to the building of a telescope, after years of consultation?
Of all the things people could be protesting about! Social media is truly the weapon of choice of the
misinformed, uneducated and easily-manipulated.
The governor and the mayor should state their unequivocal support.
This a very similar M.O. as the Ferguson debacle. The misinformed, uneducated and those simply needing a "cause" in their life used an evil thug, Michael Brown, as their focal point/poster boy. The result of the "protests"....pure destruction, nothing productive. Darren Wilson is a good, hard-working, honest, admirable, non-racist police officer forced to retire due to death threats. The destruction from the riots include deaths and damages of innocent businesses in millions if not billions. Yeah global protest of the ignorant, who don't take responsibility for their own lives and are so immature they need to blame others and destroy goodness all around them.
The amount of disrespect to the astronomy community is disturbing, as well as the disrespect to the vast majority of this democracy who graciously support and have welcomed them to the island with open arms.
We have a wonderful asset to offer the world...access to the heavens and beyond in conjunction with the observatories like never before. Any and all benevolent Gods of history would welcome this with open arms. This is the type of industry that raises us all up, education is key, without it we may as well be animals.
Shame.