03-15-2024, 08:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-15-2024, 10:45 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
people with so little respect to desecrate their land.. not so much.
When I read about the adze quarry on Mauna Kea it’s usually held up as an example of the skill and determination of Hawaiian residents climbing the mauna, living in cold conditions for months, and bringing a valuable resource to the ali’i. Rarely is it described as a desecration. Even though the land has never been returned to its natural state.
What would have happened if the common man at the time blockaded the road to the quarry, because their personal, spiritual, cultural conviction felt the sacred mountain was being defiled by the rulers?
Is it possible people 500 years in the future might look back in admiration at Mauna Kea, perhaps in awe of the “ancient” astronomical discoveries that propelled the human race toward the stars? That Native Hawaiians in the year 2524 will feel a sense of pride because their mauna, their island played a part in taking navigators from the seas to the stars? Where we continue to discover new lands.
When I read about the adze quarry on Mauna Kea it’s usually held up as an example of the skill and determination of Hawaiian residents climbing the mauna, living in cold conditions for months, and bringing a valuable resource to the ali’i. Rarely is it described as a desecration. Even though the land has never been returned to its natural state.
What would have happened if the common man at the time blockaded the road to the quarry, because their personal, spiritual, cultural conviction felt the sacred mountain was being defiled by the rulers?
Is it possible people 500 years in the future might look back in admiration at Mauna Kea, perhaps in awe of the “ancient” astronomical discoveries that propelled the human race toward the stars? That Native Hawaiians in the year 2524 will feel a sense of pride because their mauna, their island played a part in taking navigators from the seas to the stars? Where we continue to discover new lands.