Making public beaches in Puna

[Devany]

Amen Carol... you expressed my sentiments exactly.

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Originally posted by csgray

I think a lot of people on this thread are making assumptions about what some native Hawaiians would or wouldn't consider desecration. I think the only people who can speak to a set of spiritual beliefs are those who hold those beliefs, not outsiders proclaiming a mixture of assumptions and quoting the myths spoon fed to tourists concerning Hawaiian spiritual practices.

Traditionally Hawaiians used lava rock for all sorts of purposes, including altering the marine environment to create fishponds, however they did so following a strict set of guidelines and kapu set forth by kapuna who were essentially natural resource managers, they certainly didn't just start ripping up the landscape with a D9 based on a personal whim. I would love more swimming places as well, but there are always unintended consequences to changing the shape of a shoreline. For example, research has shown that installation of seawalls to protect one stretch of beach or shoreline just pushes wave erosion onto another area, which would not have had that erosion otherwise. It is easy to rip up the landscape, and impossible to put it back once done.

Carol

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Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany

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