The History of the overthrow told by Hawaiians

[seekir]

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Posted by PunaMauka2: ...seekir, you attributing your theory to genetics or culture? Either way, behavioral profiling with such a broad ethnic brush doesn't seem very useful, at best.

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Here's what I know:

1. Most Hawaiians are good with the notion of Kamehameha as hero figure in spite of his extraordinarily hawkish tendencies. He seems to have accomplished his aims through bloodshed, not statesmanship or diplomacy. I understand perfectly why a previous post had quotation marks around the word "unify." Perhaps "subjugate" would be a more appropriate word to describe the nature of his accomplishments? That being said, there are many military figures held in high esteem in European and U.S. history.

2. Polynesians seem to excel at contact sports such as rapid and conclusive termination of foolishly extended verbal debate.