Aloha (the movie)

[opihikao]

Pahoated says: Now, we have a new meaning for the word, aloha bombs and aloha stinks. What is next, a white supremacist biker gang movie called "Sons of Pono Anarchy"?

ROTFLMAO! (Spewing coffee all over, almost choking...OMG. Hysterical!)

JMO.

[kimo wires]

Comment quote from the Tribune.

"The word “Aloha” has been capitalized on by the tourist industry ever since – and possibly before – WWII. There’s nothing new here. It has become a part of our popular culture – the world over. It’s probably the most important word in the Hawaiian economy"

Just the latest attention grab in current events. Maybe it will distract from the TMT.

Waaaaaaa!

[knieft]

Longboard Island Lager

"Liquid Aloha"


Cheers,
Kirt

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Yes. Start with all the "renamed" beaches such as "Magic Sands" (La'Aloa) and the others . Put back the original plaque

Hawaii has retained a large number of place names in the Hawaiian language, probably more than most other places. For context, scroll through the Decolonial Atlas, which fills in the original names of landmarks in familiar places.

Also from the website:
The United Nations estimates that there are over 370 million indigenous people living in over 70 countries worldwide. This would equate to just fewer than 6% of the total world population.
https://decolonialatlas.wordpress.com/

[Kaimana]

I really can't understand the thought process of those who use this type of argument. Just because it's better than other places doesn't mean it isn't still wrong.


Also while I'm on the same side as the people against this movie and other forms of media like it, I don't side with them on this issue. I don't feel that any word is sacred, at least not to everyone, and while the whitewashing of places in movies is not a good thing, I don't feel its bad enough to warrant a protest or anything. It's a fictitious movie not a documentary. The thing we should be protesting is what is taught in schools.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

I really can't understand the thought process of those who use this type of argument.

The thought process is:
Nothing is perfect.

If you spend your time trying to make something 100% perfect:
1) You will not succeed
2) You won't have time for anything else
3) You will never be happy because of points 1 & 2

[jackson]

The controversy isn't over the word Aloha. It's more about 150 years of exploitation of the Hawaiian people and the aina.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

The controversy isn't over the word Aloha.

It's not about the word.
It's not about the movie.

May I make a suggestion?
Henry David Thoreau and Mahatma Gandhi both engaged in non-violent protests. Thoreau's protest was over taxes, and Gandhi's about salt that was taxed by the British.
Thoreau went to jail for not paying the tax, he made his protest about the tax. Gandhi walked to the ocean, and on the way gathered a large group of people to show them how to make sea salt by evaporation. He made his protest about the salt.

[PunaMauka2]

"The controversy isn't over the word Aloha."

here we go again. this has an all too familiar ring to it.

[Frank]

@kaimana...The thing we should be protesting is what is taught in schools.

brudda...you win nail em...

Aloha