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I may not always see eye to eye with Rabi, but in this case he is right on and you are missing the point. If you don't likeit here... go away! Puna is lovely. It has all the human ills and foils that exist everywhere else, but they are muted here, limited... and therefore seem so very obvious when they happen. On the mainland, we wouldn't even have heard of a domestic type shooting that was more than a couple miles from out home. Not noteworthy in the news for more than a casual mention in southern California becuase they happen so frequently.
WE LOVE PUNA... it is a wonderful place to live, raise your family, retire, play..... and the good outweighs the bad 90 to 1!!
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I may not always see eye to eye with Rabi, but in this case he is right on and you are missing the point.
What is his point? Always show people only the good things and hide the bad so he can make a sale? You are missing my point which is too accentuate the negative so less people move here. Oops I let my secret out.
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"accentuate the negative"
Bystander, your very words are examples of Mr. Rabis' point, you always paint a negative picture, although at least now you have told as why.
And that's fine, you have an agenda, but it does not truthfully represent Puna, does it?
Most of us mainlander/Puna wanna bees automaticly thought to ourselves that this particular story would have only been a blip on out evening news, here. And even if that we see it day after day.
And I'm quite sure someone got punched in the face here, in my very samll town, last week but that is not even gossip worthy moreless news worthy.
It's your right to post what you want but just realize that most of us don't really pay that much attention to the negatives that are posted for the purpose that you yourself mentioned.
In other words; I'm still moving to Puna and I'm gonna move right next door to you and we're gonna be big friends. (Howdy neighbor, have you seen my dog around here. Oh that old car, well it's my parts car.) Can't wait to get started with D-9 
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Did this incident even occur? I can't find a story on it in the local paper. Murders get reported. I would like to see the article, if there is one! If you find one, please post the link!
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OK small town. I've just inadvertently bumped into the guy who was shot, his buddy.. Here's the short story from this fellow who spent yesterday with the family. .. At the moment they are not sure why the shooting. The guy who was shot was done so by his uncle. The uncle is well to do, works for Helco, a cowboy, owns plenty property and plenty cash or really good income. The guy shot is not known to be a drug freak, but nobody knows for sure why the shooting..
The uncle died in a car crash later that day, so as he said, both of the guys being dead no, nobody's sure what's up with all that..
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Bystander, your very words are examples of Mr. Rabis' point, you always paint a negative picture, although at least now you have told as why.
And that's fine, you have an agenda, but it does not truthfully represent Puna, does it?
It does. More violent acts happen in Puna than in other parts of the island. That's a fact. A few months ago a girl was raped while walking down Kaloli drive.
And I'm not the only one posting negative things about Puna. At least I don't around making racists accusations about the locals littering, discriminating, stealing and whatnot.
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"More violent acts happen in Puna than in other parts of the island"
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This may, or may not, be true but it does not change the fact that these incidents pale in comparison to the mainland.
"And I'm not the only one posting negative things about Puna."
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No your not.. but I can't live next to everybody. Hey is it cool if I park my boat in your yard untill i finish working on my truck? 
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In spite of the occasional violent episode, I feel quite safe here. I actually think Kona has more violence than Puna, but keeps it under wraps to encourage tourism. "Bystander" reminds me of bumper stickers I've seen in up-country Maui that read; "Welcome to Hawaii- now go home". The real meaning is "please think of me as a local, even though I just got here". Peace!
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It is unfortunate that Puna has the reputation it does, but the reputation is well deserved and backed up by stats. However, as has been pointed out before, most crime in Puna is non-violent, larcenous crime. Violent crime is an exception but does occur. Whether it could be considered bad or not depends on where you are moving to Puna FROM. If you are moving from Austin, where a mob killed a passenger in a car that caused non-life threatening injuries to a child, Puna might be an improvement. http://www.woai.com/mostpopular/story.as...a8d3363979
All I know is that when I am in Puna, I don't feel like I am in a high crime zone, as I do when I go to my condo in the French Quarter in New Orleans. There, I might take a taxi just to go to the other side of the Quarter at night, so I won't get killed. Don't feel that way in Puna. I feel safe...but I feel like my camera and laptop (and washer and dryer and water pump) are quite vulnerable.
Obviously this crime was situational and had to do with the relationship between uncle and nephew. The perpetrator won't bother anyone again.
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