07-22-2019, 02:37 PM
If we build this telescope it will tear this island apart.
If we don’t build the telescope it will also tear the island apart.
A vast majority of the population will see that rules, laws, and court decisions mean nothing. People who play by the rules get screwed. They may not be as vocal or as noticeable as the protestors at Mauna Kea Access Road at the moment, but there will be some reaction, perhaps in the next election, or in their dealings with State & County bureaucracy. I can’t predict what form it will take as so many types of people are involved.
Either way, there will be a rending in the fabric of the islands.
If we don’t build the telescope it will also tear the island apart.
A vast majority of the population will see that rules, laws, and court decisions mean nothing. People who play by the rules get screwed. They may not be as vocal or as noticeable as the protestors at Mauna Kea Access Road at the moment, but there will be some reaction, perhaps in the next election, or in their dealings with State & County bureaucracy. I can’t predict what form it will take as so many types of people are involved.
Either way, there will be a rending in the fabric of the islands.
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”