02-06-2019, 04:23 PM
MarkP: How many years have I been hearing about skiing and sledding on Mauna Kea, seeing happy families, many Hawaiian, playing in the snow on the news? Decades.... This latest outrage is conveniently manufactured.
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One of the consistent sources of environmental damage is off-road vehicles. Hawaiians' acquisition of those is high.
Look at numerous road tracks damaging South Point. Ditto for many other places around the state. Oahu's Kaena Point has had a long running problem with people driving beyond boulders set up to protect sea bird habitat. In some case going out with large pry bars to move boulders. Who are the usual offenders?
Richardson's Beach Park. Every other time I go down there some moron drives their big 4-wheeler over the white rocks so they can off-load near the shoreline. And they stand by their vehicles for half an hour posturing like big shots while everyone else walks there stuff to the beach. Local custom.
Hawaiian complaints about abuse of natural resources are highly biased. Manufactured outrage indeed.
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One of the consistent sources of environmental damage is off-road vehicles. Hawaiians' acquisition of those is high.
Look at numerous road tracks damaging South Point. Ditto for many other places around the state. Oahu's Kaena Point has had a long running problem with people driving beyond boulders set up to protect sea bird habitat. In some case going out with large pry bars to move boulders. Who are the usual offenders?
Richardson's Beach Park. Every other time I go down there some moron drives their big 4-wheeler over the white rocks so they can off-load near the shoreline. And they stand by their vehicles for half an hour posturing like big shots while everyone else walks there stuff to the beach. Local custom.
Hawaiian complaints about abuse of natural resources are highly biased. Manufactured outrage indeed.