11-21-2008, 02:39 PM
People who move to Hawaii, and Puna in particular, generally have done their due diligence and know where they are moving: a very desireable area with pluses and minuses. As for realizing they "get what they pay for" that part just makes no sense. These problems are not unique to Puna. When I rented a car in Kauai, the trunk had a message in letters a foot high "DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN HERE". People shouldn't have to worry about things like that. I think it is unfortunate when people take joy in the misfortune of others and when they symphathize more with those who disrupt others lives than with those who lives are disrupted.
To the extent that people need help, there are hundreds, thousands, and maybe even millions of compassionate people willing to help them. But helping themselves to the hard work of others is something that we should all condemn without equivocation, lest we be thought morally bankrupt.
To the extent that people need help, there are hundreds, thousands, and maybe even millions of compassionate people willing to help them. But helping themselves to the hard work of others is something that we should all condemn without equivocation, lest we be thought morally bankrupt.