02-05-2026, 09:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-05-2026, 09:46 PM by Moderator 2.)
most problems in Puna are tied to national politics and understanding this helps guide people
The crux of the matter. When local is connected to national as it often is, almost everyone draws a different line in the black sand.
When that happens it triggers reports of perceived transgressions, posts about favoritism, questions why one post is deleted and not another. Occasionally suggestions on how to handle it all.
We have few rules on this forum, if we had more it would still not cover every eventuality. From my view, often when forum rules are broken it’s not an accident. It’s a test of boundaries or perhaps logorrhea, maybe just too much beer or caffeine depending on the time of day. Or not.
The simplest solution would be for everyone here to read what they wrote before they posted and ask themselves “is it Puna? Is it Hawaii?”
The crux of the matter. When local is connected to national as it often is, almost everyone draws a different line in the black sand.
When that happens it triggers reports of perceived transgressions, posts about favoritism, questions why one post is deleted and not another. Occasionally suggestions on how to handle it all.
We have few rules on this forum, if we had more it would still not cover every eventuality. From my view, often when forum rules are broken it’s not an accident. It’s a test of boundaries or perhaps logorrhea, maybe just too much beer or caffeine depending on the time of day. Or not.
The simplest solution would be for everyone here to read what they wrote before they posted and ask themselves “is it Puna? Is it Hawaii?”