01-04-2025, 06:15 PM
"So, in this case, Hawaii got its culture of fireworks, some schmucks made a huge profit, and by golly, we got human sacrifice back! A Hawaiian trifecta."
There is nothing cultural about this tragedy (fireworks, profit, "human sacrifice"). And it certainly isn't Hawaiian.
What we are seeing here (the lack of enforcement, ignoring liability issues, and prosecution) is a continuation of the same mind-set that has prevailed in the islands since the turn of the 18th century- the exploitation of others, in the "do whoever and whatever it takes" accumulation of wealth and power.
There is nothing cultural about this tragedy (fireworks, profit, "human sacrifice"). And it certainly isn't Hawaiian.
What we are seeing here (the lack of enforcement, ignoring liability issues, and prosecution) is a continuation of the same mind-set that has prevailed in the islands since the turn of the 18th century- the exploitation of others, in the "do whoever and whatever it takes" accumulation of wealth and power.