03-10-2018, 12:10 PM
Wow
Chas,
There are many documents by US government officials recommending reinstatement of the monarchy. There are also plenty of documents that recommended territorial status and statehood. One does not exist in a vacuum without the other. The website you linked shows one side of the story and not the other. They promote the claims and documents that governments and courts have ruled against for over 100 years now.
Consider a marriage. It starts off with both parties promising 'till death do us part. Then, one partner or the other may have a change of heart. A divorce may be granted, and no matter how much a partner who clings to the past may point out the signed marriage certificate and the promises made, the reality is that it's over, despite everything that may have been said or done. In the eyes of the law, the marriage legally ended even without the arrival of death.
The Hawaiian Kingdom is over. The people who call for its return ignore all the documentation that doesn't support their arguments, or the vote for statehood, or a majority of legal decisions made over the last 100+ years. Their calls for reinstatement try to amplify the parts which agree with their claims and preferences, and ignore everything else.
Chas,
There are many documents by US government officials recommending reinstatement of the monarchy. There are also plenty of documents that recommended territorial status and statehood. One does not exist in a vacuum without the other. The website you linked shows one side of the story and not the other. They promote the claims and documents that governments and courts have ruled against for over 100 years now.
Consider a marriage. It starts off with both parties promising 'till death do us part. Then, one partner or the other may have a change of heart. A divorce may be granted, and no matter how much a partner who clings to the past may point out the signed marriage certificate and the promises made, the reality is that it's over, despite everything that may have been said or done. In the eyes of the law, the marriage legally ended even without the arrival of death.
The Hawaiian Kingdom is over. The people who call for its return ignore all the documentation that doesn't support their arguments, or the vote for statehood, or a majority of legal decisions made over the last 100+ years. Their calls for reinstatement try to amplify the parts which agree with their claims and preferences, and ignore everything else.
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