08-24-2015, 05:13 PM
"To me, Hawaiians are descendants of the people who were living in Hawaii prior to the arrival of Captain Cook. Descendants of everyone who came later are the children and grandchildren of immigrants to Hawaii, and we will never be Hawaiians, although we can be residents of Hawaii. I could live here for decades more, and still I will never be Hawaiian, and I certainly would never take it upon myself to tell "Hawaiians" what they should do, feel, or think about issues of deep concern to them."
-shockwave rider
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The above quote from shockwave rider is a classic example of politically correct apology syndrome. If you are born in California you are a Californian, right? But not in Hawaii? We are all immigrants here including the Tahitians descendants you feel deserve a racial preference.
People can believe whatever they want to believe as long as it does not affect their neighbors adversely. The racism and divisiveness is a huge energy draw on all of us.
Some of us don't consider the coddling of Native Americans as a good or healthy thing. I spent time in Tibetan refugee enclaves in Nepal last year as a student. China has been pressuring the Nepalese to harass the Tibetans, some get disappeared, tortured and killed. Talk about a dislocated population. I didn't experience any of the myriad of the destructive social problems the Native Americans have. Perhaps if you continually treat people like victims, they act like weak victims. Seems the Tibetans have continued to build character and greater compassion for all beings regardless of race or history.
We aren't all bad shockwave, we simply have very different perspective and life experiences. Thank goodness we live in America where we can be honest with one another and have great freedoms.
-shockwave rider
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The above quote from shockwave rider is a classic example of politically correct apology syndrome. If you are born in California you are a Californian, right? But not in Hawaii? We are all immigrants here including the Tahitians descendants you feel deserve a racial preference.
People can believe whatever they want to believe as long as it does not affect their neighbors adversely. The racism and divisiveness is a huge energy draw on all of us.
Some of us don't consider the coddling of Native Americans as a good or healthy thing. I spent time in Tibetan refugee enclaves in Nepal last year as a student. China has been pressuring the Nepalese to harass the Tibetans, some get disappeared, tortured and killed. Talk about a dislocated population. I didn't experience any of the myriad of the destructive social problems the Native Americans have. Perhaps if you continually treat people like victims, they act like weak victims. Seems the Tibetans have continued to build character and greater compassion for all beings regardless of race or history.
We aren't all bad shockwave, we simply have very different perspective and life experiences. Thank goodness we live in America where we can be honest with one another and have great freedoms.