10-31-2016, 09:26 AM
After reading the following statement by one of the head protesters I had to Google La Palma and then I had to chuckle !
“I’m glad they’re looking at alternative sites,” Kealoha Pisciotta, one of the leaders challenging the telescope, said during a break in the hearings. “I have to say if they do go with the alternative site, I hope they don’t do there what they’re doing to Native Hawaiians and the people of Hawaii.”
From Google
After the Spanish occupation of La Palma, the native Canarians vanished by either being killed, sold into slavery or by assimilating into the Spanish population.
They also promote star gazing as a tourist activity :
http://www.hellocanaryislands.com/star-gazing/la-palma/
“I’m glad they’re looking at alternative sites,” Kealoha Pisciotta, one of the leaders challenging the telescope, said during a break in the hearings. “I have to say if they do go with the alternative site, I hope they don’t do there what they’re doing to Native Hawaiians and the people of Hawaii.”
From Google
After the Spanish occupation of La Palma, the native Canarians vanished by either being killed, sold into slavery or by assimilating into the Spanish population.
They also promote star gazing as a tourist activity :
http://www.hellocanaryislands.com/star-gazing/la-palma/