04-29-2017, 10:38 AM
Paul W, assuming you are asking in earnest, there should be room for all on the Mountain of God but entitlement isn't going to get anyone there faster. Bulldozing a half mile road from the summit to the northwest plateau before all the t's were crossed and i's were dotted was a big mistake.I keep saying that TMT is their own worst PR. Marginalizing Hawaiian culture is creating bad blood. Minimizing the need for Hawaiian oversight is also going to drag this fight on into perpetuity. TMT is in a race against time because the budget overages at this point must be obscene. They have stated that there is a mountaintop in Chile with a place setting for them. They may want to consider that if they are in a hurry.
My key advice to TMT officials is a) patience (Dont worry Hawaii,some other megastructure is probably looming on the horizon.) and b) stop expecting Hawaiians to adjust to the needs of the scientific community first. Adust expectations to put the rights of natives first.
They need to be cultivating good will within a community that values face to face exchange in which they have only made promises from a safe distance at meetings they arrange in formal settings. Go to the people with some actual local advocates, ambassadors and see if deadlocks loosen. Break bread. Kealoha Pisciotta could have been that person had the resident astronomers in the 90's respected her family traditions. It'seems so sad the arrogance of a few has created such roadblocks.
TMT is seen as a giant multinational corporate bully, not as a group of dreamers. On this forum, the employees who check in regularly express an air of supremacy over all the ignorant foolish, natives. Stop that immediately. You are no longer in your Swiss boarding school. This is the real world where a multiplicity of views and faiths are duking it out.
My key advice to TMT officials is a) patience (Dont worry Hawaii,some other megastructure is probably looming on the horizon.) and b) stop expecting Hawaiians to adjust to the needs of the scientific community first. Adust expectations to put the rights of natives first.
They need to be cultivating good will within a community that values face to face exchange in which they have only made promises from a safe distance at meetings they arrange in formal settings. Go to the people with some actual local advocates, ambassadors and see if deadlocks loosen. Break bread. Kealoha Pisciotta could have been that person had the resident astronomers in the 90's respected her family traditions. It'seems so sad the arrogance of a few has created such roadblocks.
TMT is seen as a giant multinational corporate bully, not as a group of dreamers. On this forum, the employees who check in regularly express an air of supremacy over all the ignorant foolish, natives. Stop that immediately. You are no longer in your Swiss boarding school. This is the real world where a multiplicity of views and faiths are duking it out.