05-26-2015, 05:08 AM
Pahoated, your post was so offensive, on several levels. Frankly, also inaccurate as to our teachings regarding the cultural significance (not just all the typos - ie. "Polihau", "m'oi", etc.). The worst was the Nazi reference, which is very poor taste, at best. SMH.
With your intelligence, (I actually enjoy reading your posts 99% of the time), the above comment was just uncalled for. Won't even bother to go over the inaccuracies of your statement re: Mauna a Wakea/Mauna Kea, and the history.
JMO.
Back to topic, another article:
(*Snipped - More at link / Also in the Star Advertiser)
A 2007 report warned about the risks involved in developing a giant telescope on Mauna Kea.
The report by a Colorado firm hired to evaluate the risks warned that building the Thirty Meter Telescope would come with stiff resistance from Native Hawaiians, lawsuits and regulatory hurdles.
While the report didn’t predict a new generation of Hawaiians taking the opposition to a new level, it gives some insight into what’s happening now, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper reported Monday (http://ow.ly/NpEmF ).
The $1.4 billion project remains at a construction standstill after protesters began blocking construction vehicles. Opponents say the telescope will desecrate sacred land.
The 19-page Keystone Center report was commissioned by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which is funding the telescope. It concluded there would be no fast track to bringing the telescope to Mauna Kea. It didn’t offer any recommendations on whether the telescope should be built.
“Should TMT decide to pursue a Mauna Kea site, it will inherit the anger, fear and great mistrust generated through previous telescope planning and siting failures and an accumulated disbelief that any additional projects, especially a physically imposing one like the TMT, can be done properly,” the report said.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015...-telescop/
With your intelligence, (I actually enjoy reading your posts 99% of the time), the above comment was just uncalled for. Won't even bother to go over the inaccuracies of your statement re: Mauna a Wakea/Mauna Kea, and the history.
JMO.
Back to topic, another article:
(*Snipped - More at link / Also in the Star Advertiser)
A 2007 report warned about the risks involved in developing a giant telescope on Mauna Kea.
The report by a Colorado firm hired to evaluate the risks warned that building the Thirty Meter Telescope would come with stiff resistance from Native Hawaiians, lawsuits and regulatory hurdles.
While the report didn’t predict a new generation of Hawaiians taking the opposition to a new level, it gives some insight into what’s happening now, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper reported Monday (http://ow.ly/NpEmF ).
The $1.4 billion project remains at a construction standstill after protesters began blocking construction vehicles. Opponents say the telescope will desecrate sacred land.
The 19-page Keystone Center report was commissioned by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which is funding the telescope. It concluded there would be no fast track to bringing the telescope to Mauna Kea. It didn’t offer any recommendations on whether the telescope should be built.
“Should TMT decide to pursue a Mauna Kea site, it will inherit the anger, fear and great mistrust generated through previous telescope planning and siting failures and an accumulated disbelief that any additional projects, especially a physically imposing one like the TMT, can be done properly,” the report said.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015...-telescop/