04-18-2015, 07:07 PM
Punaperson,
"From my understanding, the visitor center is maintained/operated by the Mauna Kea Support Services, which is basically funded by the consortium of telescopes.
Is it somewhere between ironic and hypocritical that the protesters need and use the facilities funded by the very entities they are trying to remove from the mountain ?"
That is exactly what's happening, and yes, it's very ironic.
"From my understanding, the visitor center is maintained/operated by the Mauna Kea Support Services, which is basically funded by the consortium of telescopes.
Is it somewhere between ironic and hypocritical that the protesters need and use the facilities funded by the very entities they are trying to remove from the mountain ?"
That is exactly what's happening, and yes, it's very ironic.