12-08-2015, 06:14 AM
The essay by Ka'iulani Milham in the Hawaii Independent was confusing in so many ways:
http://hawaiiindependent.net/story/the-o...-in-hawaii
One of the main figures interviewed was Joseph “Jojo” Henderson. Here are a few quotes from him in the article:
“I used to come up here usually every second Sunday to clean the ahu,” Henderson says, his voice cracking with emotion. “Now we can’t even pray. Everybody else in this world can pray, but we can’t pray, as k#257;naka. That’s not right, brah.”
In an interview, Henderson said thousands made pilgrimages to the ahu over the summer, and that he went up about 100 times himself “just to clean up the ho#699;okupu—the gifts—that people bring.
The ahu built by protesters on Mauna Kea only stood for a season, several months. How did Henderson come up every other Sunday and clean it a total of 100 times?
Henderson also stated he can't pray because the ahu is gone. Does this mean he never prayed before it was built? If so, does that mean he just discovered his religion a few months ago? He says "Everybody else in this world can pray, but we can’t pray, as k#257;naka." All kanaka have stopped praying? There is nowhere else on the island or in the world for kanaka to pray?
If the author intended to write an article that created more questions than answers about the protests on Mauna Kea, he succeeded. And in the process, more confusion for his readers.
http://hawaiiindependent.net/story/the-o...-in-hawaii
One of the main figures interviewed was Joseph “Jojo” Henderson. Here are a few quotes from him in the article:
“I used to come up here usually every second Sunday to clean the ahu,” Henderson says, his voice cracking with emotion. “Now we can’t even pray. Everybody else in this world can pray, but we can’t pray, as k#257;naka. That’s not right, brah.”
In an interview, Henderson said thousands made pilgrimages to the ahu over the summer, and that he went up about 100 times himself “just to clean up the ho#699;okupu—the gifts—that people bring.
The ahu built by protesters on Mauna Kea only stood for a season, several months. How did Henderson come up every other Sunday and clean it a total of 100 times?
Henderson also stated he can't pray because the ahu is gone. Does this mean he never prayed before it was built? If so, does that mean he just discovered his religion a few months ago? He says "Everybody else in this world can pray, but we can’t pray, as k#257;naka." All kanaka have stopped praying? There is nowhere else on the island or in the world for kanaka to pray?
If the author intended to write an article that created more questions than answers about the protests on Mauna Kea, he succeeded. And in the process, more confusion for his readers.
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”