05-29-2015, 03:14 AM
This whole episode has cost the Native Hawaiian community a lot of support. People I know who used to subscribe to the "host culture" concept are now dismayed and coming around to the opinion that Hawaiians do not deserve a veto over projects like the TMT or anything else. The protestors lost a seven year detailed and open process only to resort to extortion and manipulation.
The implications for sovereignty are huge because it is now linked in many people's minds to the TMT mess. My own opinion on sovereignty has gone from being cautiously supportive to very skeptical due to the lack of believable leadership and/or a coherent plan. If the sane and intelligent elements of the Hawaiian leadership continue to allow themselves to be defined by the radicals, there is no hope for a nation in any viable form. As Opihikao says, JMO.
Edited for typo.
The implications for sovereignty are huge because it is now linked in many people's minds to the TMT mess. My own opinion on sovereignty has gone from being cautiously supportive to very skeptical due to the lack of believable leadership and/or a coherent plan. If the sane and intelligent elements of the Hawaiian leadership continue to allow themselves to be defined by the radicals, there is no hope for a nation in any viable form. As Opihikao says, JMO.
Edited for typo.