10-26-2015, 07:50 AM
MarkP: First, dial way back on the wailing about how wronged modern Hawaiians are. Many of them are no more wronged than they were by Kamehameha. No, that's second. First, embrace reality and welcome the TMT as the most recent part of the Hawaiian people's journey by the stars, leading the way for the rest of us as they historically have.
ophikao: Just kinda "lost" with your intended message.
opihikao, I am reminded of when you say some "just don't get it." I think he means stop griping and let the TMT happen. Is either or both of those _unthinkable_ even?
It will be choke ironic (hey, I like that, choke ironic) if OHA ends up with even more power and money when the dust settles. And, of course, more corruption, less transparency, and more ways not to serve it's intended purpose.
Ironic, since to my eyes, the "Hawaiians" gripe is with OHA, and instead of fighting OHA to do its job, they have almost iconized the TMT as some sort of idiotic focal point. Then the soap opera plays out as some sort of comedy making both sides become a laughingstock to any one looking at Hawaii from the outside (and many on the inside).
Without thinking anything through, the protestors do the TMT thing, ignore any POV arguing that the TMT has nothing to do with "Hawaiian oppression", fancify environmental, religious, etc. arguments out of thin air. The state wimps out. OHA steps in with more power grabbing. And if that's the way it ends up...well, unintended consequences to say the least.
Cheers,
Kirt
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