TMT construction begins Monday 15 July

[MarkP]

"As a non-Hawaiian observer, I applaud the respectful tone of the protectors. Theirs is a new strategy, radically more inclusive and welcoming than the nationalism of past sovereignty movements. As one who lived through the “Settler Go Home” flashpoints of 1990s Hawaiian identity politics, I welcome this transformation. All who live here are enriched by indigenous values — kokua (interdependence), sustainable reciprocity (aloha ‘aina) — that link native wisdom to other global indigenous renaissance movements."

I'm just not feeling it. Also the current stated position of the protesters is starkly at odds with that of, for example, navigator Baybayan, who is clearly a sincere, educated, and thoughtful individual and who is probably a good deal more "Hawaiian" than most of the protesters up there now if you go by fluency in Hawaiian language and knowledge of traditional polynesian navigation. I don't know what percent Hawaiian he is. Personally I am made uncomfortable by people who make a big deal how genetically pure they are. Anyway here's a guy who has committed himself to learning in a way that most of the protesters can't hold a candle to. They aren't fit to carry his lunch and yet they denounce him.