05-10-2015, 04:26 AM
The TMT protest is not about the TMT.
Correct: it's about money -- I believe any $1.4B project would have triggered the controversy, this one just happens to be in the shape of a telescope.
even if they have to give something up, that they gained something too? For isn't that the real goal of diplomacy?
Native Hawaiians gave up their monarchy and the kapu system so they could be ruled by the permit-license-fee-inspection regime of administrative regulations (assuming they don't die of old age while waiting for the generous opportunity to lease a homestead). I wonder why they don't feel like giving up any more in the name of "diplomacy"?
Correct: it's about money -- I believe any $1.4B project would have triggered the controversy, this one just happens to be in the shape of a telescope.
even if they have to give something up, that they gained something too? For isn't that the real goal of diplomacy?
Native Hawaiians gave up their monarchy and the kapu system so they could be ruled by the permit-license-fee-inspection regime of administrative regulations (assuming they don't die of old age while waiting for the generous opportunity to lease a homestead). I wonder why they don't feel like giving up any more in the name of "diplomacy"?