05-27-2015, 04:10 AM
gypsy,
If construction of the TMT was halted, and all of the other observatories were removed from the summit of Mauna Kea, what would change?
Would the Hawaiian people instantly be more educated in their culture?
Would they magically have plantings of taro, and fields of banana and coconuts again?
Would Hawaiians start using their language in everyday interactions on the street and in the workplace?
The old ways would not reappear as if by magic. Everything you advocate as a better way of life will require hard work and effort with or without the observatories on Mauna Kea. The telescopes do not transmit a magic beam across the island preventing the Hawaiian people from accessing their culture. Their culture is here and available with or without domes on the mountain. But it will require study, and diligence, and education. And parents who understand what it will take, if that is what they wish for their children.
How many Hawaiian words did you teach your children today? Did you read a Hawaiian myth to the kids for a bedtime story? Do you have a garden of Hawaiian edible plants and medicinal herbs? Or do you think all that will happen overnight once the magic telescope beam is turned off?
If construction of the TMT was halted, and all of the other observatories were removed from the summit of Mauna Kea, what would change?
Would the Hawaiian people instantly be more educated in their culture?
Would they magically have plantings of taro, and fields of banana and coconuts again?
Would Hawaiians start using their language in everyday interactions on the street and in the workplace?
The old ways would not reappear as if by magic. Everything you advocate as a better way of life will require hard work and effort with or without the observatories on Mauna Kea. The telescopes do not transmit a magic beam across the island preventing the Hawaiian people from accessing their culture. Their culture is here and available with or without domes on the mountain. But it will require study, and diligence, and education. And parents who understand what it will take, if that is what they wish for their children.
How many Hawaiian words did you teach your children today? Did you read a Hawaiian myth to the kids for a bedtime story? Do you have a garden of Hawaiian edible plants and medicinal herbs? Or do you think all that will happen overnight once the magic telescope beam is turned off?
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