11-01-2018, 04:52 AM
Myopic vision of the universe --- has my support!!!
Thank for your comment lisa!
I thought I would add one more remark about support for "single issue" topics. As it concerns Mauna Kea, maintaining the current use and administration of the mountain allows Native Hawaiians access so they may honor and observe their cultural and religious practices, without interference. The observatories can coexist, quiet with low traffic and little activity required for their operations. The existing system is inclusive, which allows for multiple uses, for different purposes, by many of Hawaii's people.
On the other hand, an extreme example of "single issue" thinking might be the transfer of Mauna Kea's management to an organization whose stated intention is to limit single use access of the mountain, for Members Only. Trustees of OHA who are proponents of a restrictive use policy on Mauna Kea, have not even put forward a plan explaining which Hawaiian cultural and religious activities would be allowed on the mountain. Those practiced before 1850? Before 1893? After 1893? How would acceptable practices be determined? Would they require hundreds of pages of plans for the activity? Zero waste (no Parliament cigarette butts or empty beer cans)? An environmental impact statement? Could their use be contested?
Would they need to submit their qualifications as a Native Hawaiian practitioner with a resume of their study and background in Hawaiian cultural activities or religious studies?
Or would the determination be made by blood quantum alone? Wouldn't that be the ultimate in a "single issue" use of our mountain? Yes glinda, I said it, our mountain. We all live here, together, and would have to pretend we're in a different reality to think otherwise.
Thank for your comment lisa!
I thought I would add one more remark about support for "single issue" topics. As it concerns Mauna Kea, maintaining the current use and administration of the mountain allows Native Hawaiians access so they may honor and observe their cultural and religious practices, without interference. The observatories can coexist, quiet with low traffic and little activity required for their operations. The existing system is inclusive, which allows for multiple uses, for different purposes, by many of Hawaii's people.
On the other hand, an extreme example of "single issue" thinking might be the transfer of Mauna Kea's management to an organization whose stated intention is to limit single use access of the mountain, for Members Only. Trustees of OHA who are proponents of a restrictive use policy on Mauna Kea, have not even put forward a plan explaining which Hawaiian cultural and religious activities would be allowed on the mountain. Those practiced before 1850? Before 1893? After 1893? How would acceptable practices be determined? Would they require hundreds of pages of plans for the activity? Zero waste (no Parliament cigarette butts or empty beer cans)? An environmental impact statement? Could their use be contested?
Would they need to submit their qualifications as a Native Hawaiian practitioner with a resume of their study and background in Hawaiian cultural activities or religious studies?
Or would the determination be made by blood quantum alone? Wouldn't that be the ultimate in a "single issue" use of our mountain? Yes glinda, I said it, our mountain. We all live here, together, and would have to pretend we're in a different reality to think otherwise.
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves