TMT Work to Resume Says Ige!

[opihikao]

I've read so many, many insults about our Hawaiian people and our culture over the course of this TMT issue (and the lava threads, among others) that I did a little test in my "western, assimilated, trained mind". Treat others as you wish to be treated. Showing aloha to some of you obviously is taken as weakness here. Tried to be reasonable and ha'aha'a, now time for ha'aheo.

Thus, utilzing the manner in which some of you speak to each other, thought I'd test for reaction. My comment is a possible scenerio (done all the time), didn't mention names, but "circle the wagons" people, against the ones who dare to confront the majority.

Protestors are ridiculed, cops are ridiculed, our culture is ridiculed, our belief is ridiculed, and it gets really offensive over time. However, that kind of continued insulting behavior is all good with you folks, right?

Some of you have been downright rude and insensitive to Gypsy, dakine, Southermost, and a few others over the course of several discussions. Yet, again, that's OK with you people, right? Name calling, teasing, demeaning, is good for some, but not for "your own", right? HEWA LOA.

Mr. Tom, your responses tend to be somewhat cutting at times. Maybe because the majority here sides with you, it's more comfortable to respond in kind. Go ahead, add "Bob", I couldn't care less anymore. PW has lost alot of good people due to the manner in which some speak to each other. I won't walk away, but will treat others the way they deserve to be treated, just like some of you do. At least when called a "bloody tosser" and the like, you take it and respond.

My aloha stands for many here, others, not so much. Some sure can dish it out, but can't take it.

"Imua e na poki'i a inu i ka wai 'awa'awa. 'A'ohe hope e ho'i mai ai."


JMFO.