Hello Mr. Wolf, won't you please sit down?

[mgeary]

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Originally posted by JWFITZ

...I think I'm being taken out of context...

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Honestly, Fitz, I don't think you're being taken out of context at all. Above, I quoted a whole string of excerpts from your original post, not a single excerpt, all of which add up to a very negative, pessimistic view of life. The title of the thread itself sets the context, "Hello Mr. Wolf..."

Perhaps it's in the presentation. You are right in saying that we face many serious problems, community involvement being one of them. The way you said it in your first post, the context of your first post, however, might lead one to think that you have focused primarily on the problems in life.

There are many, many good things happening in our communities, in addition to the homelessness, drug abuse and addiction, crime, etc. This website is the best thing I've ever seen in the way of community involvement in the age of the Internet. From Pam Lamont soliciting (and getting) volunteers to help with her construction project, to improvements in and around Pahoa, to the sharing of information about the upcoming elections and holding officeholders and candidates accountable, to aiding local small business owners at the Makuu Market, Punaweb is doing an outstanding job of facilitating community involvement.

I see good things and bad things, but I do not choose to believe that the bad things outweigh the good things, or that the bad things can't be made better by creative people with aloha in their hearts.

Aloha! ;-)