TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

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Originally posted by Aaron S

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Originally posted by dakine
And please don't take me wrong, I am as pro astronomy as the next person, but with conditions, and tempered by some sense of reality verses the blind fanaticism that most here (on PW) seem to be possessed by. More than possessed, actually rendered to being mean, to being disrespectful, to lacking in any consideration to those that have opposing views. To being outright bigots. It's truly sad how TMT spokespersons like TomK and PaulW have gone to such great lengths to be be as insulting as one could imagine. That alone leads me to wish, hope, that the TMT goes away if they are anything like those that lobby so feverishly for them here on PW. To me TomK has done more to discredit the astronomy community than any other human being alive.

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Dakine, the door swings both ways. I've read comments written by you and others that are hate filled, bigoted, ramblings with questionable factual citations. Please don't tell me that you're fighting fire with fire. That won't solve the ongoing impasse that is dividing our community.

I've lost several long time friends because I support this project. It wasn't a fault of my own doing, as my support has always been respectful and factual. These individuals didn't respect my opinion decided to stop being friends with me for one reason, and one reason only.

We've lost any semblance of respect for other people's opinions as a society. If we listened more, and found more common ground, we'd have less divisive conversations about issues such as this.

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(Still reading..BBM) Spot on, Aaron (just the bold portion). Mahalo.

JMFO.