TMT Work to Resume Says Ige!

[knieft]

dakine: As in talking is good threatening to send hundreds of law enforcement officers isn't.

Somehow this makes it sound like enforcing the law is wrong. If the protestors weren't there, there would be no arrests, no chance for violence. The line of cause and effect is clear to most.

Even if they were there, peacefully protesting (off the road, no obstructions, etc.) but, of course, that isn't an option for the "warriors".

It would be revolutionary if an organization like the TMT opened direct talks with the group that until now has been strictly opposed to their project.

I agree with HotPE that TMT is an organization, the protestors are not--hard to talk.

When you say "until now" do you mean that the protestors have had a change of heart? Wow, you want to make the headlines, that would do it...

"TMT Protestors Show TRUE Aloha, Back Down to Redirect Their Contempt Properly at Corrupt OHA and DNLR"

As has been mentioned many times, if the TMT is stopped, "Hawaiians" have gained nothing since the TMT in no way "oppresses" them. A feel-good moment perhaps, at the expense of the rest of the world. Some would see it as the "success" of selfishness and arrogance. Others as a reason to party.

If the protestors "win" what would be their next target? OTEC? UHH ag dept?

Cheers,
Kirt