Maunakea TMT Protests (Read 284236 times)

ren

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #340 on: August 01, 2019, 03:37:11 PM »
No king or queen with any sense would tolerate an armed populace.

How about a telescope?
Deeds Not Words

RSN172

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #341 on: August 01, 2019, 03:42:14 PM »
I, as King of Hawaii, would allow a telescope.  It is all about money.
Happily living in Puna

Flapp_Jackson

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #342 on: August 01, 2019, 04:38:20 PM »
If you read my previous posts, many Hawaiian historical and legal scholars are currently analyzing this issue of whether a monarchy or republic would be restored.  I personally agree a democratically elected republic would likely be more practical and expedient political way moving forward.

I read your other posts -- multiple times -- in multiple threads.

Just stating an opinion based on your choice of the words "reinstate Hawaii Government".  Reinstate indicates reverting back to what once existed.  Maybe "reinstate Hawaii's authority to self-rule" is more accurate?
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

groveler

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #343 on: August 01, 2019, 06:28:45 PM »

Your opinion, not the opinion of the majority of Hawaiians.
I don't care about the opinions of racist "Hawaiians".
The people that claim to practice "Hawaiian" cultural
practices are like Moslems to me.
Cultists with only the force of arms to make their case.
I encourage you to take up the fight.
You are really a dominate cult, right?
If so kick me off my land!
See where that will get you.
Aloha.

« Last Edit: August 01, 2019, 06:40:41 PM by groveler »

Flapp_Jackson

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #344 on: August 01, 2019, 07:53:56 PM »
If you support amnesty for dreamers, then you have no grounds for wanting to kick out US citizens if/when Hawaii becomes sovereign.

Those of us in Hawaii now have in no way assisted in the overthrow of the monarchy, just as Dreamers didn't willingly break US immigration law.

Lots of parallels between these two groups.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Kuleana

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #345 on: August 01, 2019, 09:20:56 PM »
I don't care about the opinions of racist "Hawaiians".
The people that claim to practice "Hawaiian" cultural
practices are like Moslems to me.
Cultists with only the force of arms to make their case.
I encourage you to take up the fight.
You are really a dominate cult, right?
If so kick me off my land!
See where that will get you.
Aloha.


Such an emotionally charged response laced with veiled threats.  One would think it was coming from a liberal fanatic.

Calling all Hawaiians as racists and cultists is very extreme, don't you think?

Since you definitely are mentally distressed and need to release your stress, I suggest you and all others that believe as you do to go to Mauna Kea with a bullhorn and share your disdain for Hawaiians exercising free speech as well as how you hate anything Hawaiian.

IMUA!



Kuleana

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #346 on: August 01, 2019, 09:39:43 PM »
If you support amnesty for dreamers, then you have no grounds for wanting to kick out US citizens if/when Hawaii becomes sovereign.

Those of us in Hawaii now have in no way assisted in the overthrow of the monarchy, just as Dreamers didn't willingly break US immigration law.

Lots of parallels between these two groups.


Who said anything about kicking out US citizens?  Who's going to pay the property taxes if there are no property owners?

Deoccupation primarily focuses on control of the nation state, its laws, and public lands. 

punaperson

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #347 on: August 01, 2019, 09:40:04 PM »

Such an emotionally charged response laced with veiled threats.  One would think it was coming from a liberal fanatic.

Calling all Hawaiians as racists and cultists is very extreme, don't you think?

Since you definitely are mentally distressed and need to release your stress, I suggest you and all others that believe as you do to go to Mauna Kea with a bullhorn and share your disdain for Hawaiians exercising free speech as well as how you hate anything Hawaiian.

IMUA!

Talk about (thinly veiled) threats! What a hypocrite!

You're a blatant liar when you claim that the criminals breaking the law by blocking a public roadway are (merely) "Hawaiians exercising free speech". You think they'd return the favor of allowing us to exercise free speech and remain for weeks blocking their driveways and/or the roads to their homes? Sure they would. Because they are so enamored of the right to free speech and obeying the law. No one has a "right" to violate the rights of another person (which are de facto forfeited if that person engages in assault, etc.), certainly not without having to face the consequences of any and all laws they are breaking in doing so... EXCEPT, apparently in this case, where the racists are allowed to break the law with impunity by Democrat cowards cowering behind their fear of "offending" the racist criminals.

So, tell us, why do you suggest people opposed to the criminal lawbreakers go to the site of the criminal actiivity with a bullhorn and state our views about their breaking the law? What good would that do? What do you imagine would happen... I mean, given the solemn sacred location and sworn allegiance to "kapu aloha" and all?

punaperson

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #348 on: August 01, 2019, 09:47:40 PM »

Who said anything about kicking out US citizens?   
From a lengthy thread:

"If you don't have lineage going back that far [1893] you'd have to move out of Hawaii and apply for citizenship of [sic] you wanted to live here."

Yeah, I know, you're the person who knows it all, and part of your all knowing knowledge is that "there is no dispute" about any of this, so the above quote from that person means he doesn't exist and the quote doesn't exist because there is no dispute and you are always right.

Kuleana

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #349 on: August 01, 2019, 09:55:38 PM »
Talk about (thinly veiled) threats! What a hypocrite!

You're a blatant liar when you claim that the criminals breaking the law by blocking a public roadway are (merely) "Hawaiians exercising free speech". You think they'd return the favor of allowing us to exercise free speech and remain for weeks blocking their driveways and/or the roads to their homes? Sure they would. Because they are so enamored of the right to free speech and obeying the law. No one has a "right" to violate the rights of another person (which are de facto forfeited if that person engages in assault, etc.), certainly not without having to face the consequences of any and all laws they are breaking in doing so... EXCEPT, apparently in this case, where the racists are allowed to break the law with impunity by Democrat cowards cowering behind their fear of "offending" the racist criminals.

So, tell us, why do you suggest people opposed to the criminal lawbreakers go to the site of the criminal actiivity with a bullhorn and state our views about their breaking the law? What good would that do? What do you imagine would happen... I mean, given the solemn sacred location and sworn allegiance to "kapu aloha" and all?


Exercising free speech is a sacred right that everyone is entitled to do.

Are you afraid to say all the things you shared in this thread to the faces of the Hawaiian people you presumed to be in violation of the law?  If not, take everyone that believes as you do on this forum and exercise your 1st Amendment Right on the summit of Mauna Kea.

eyeeatingfish

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #350 on: August 01, 2019, 10:11:18 PM »

Citizenship would initially be offered to any living descendant of a Hawaiian national who can trace their lineage prior to the illegal annexation by the US in 1898.  All other residents who resided in Hawaii after 1898 would be considered unofficial resident aliens that could elect to become permanent resident aliens once such process is enacted by the new body politic.


This is actually where many Hawaiian historical and legal scholars are still discussing.  Some believe the monarchy needs to be restored, while others believe it should be replaced by a republic.


With deoccupation, all federal organizations would cease its operations in the islands and return to the US.  As for possible invasion from China; China has not invaded any country for over the last 100 years.  If there is any country that a nation should fear being invaded from, is the US, who has invaded more sovereign nations in the last 30 years than Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea COMBINED!


One needs to double check the last legal constitution Hawaii had prior to the illegal annexation of Hawaii by the US in 1898 to see if there were such provisions.


Politically it would be hard for the any US administration to administer the correct remedy to its Constitutionally illegal occupation of Hawaii, but as long as both aboriginal and non-aboriginal Hawaiian nationals galvanize, as is currently being done in the protests against TMT on Mauna Kea, yes there will always be hope.

Ok, clearly you have given this serious thought. I am going to push back a little though in the end I do think you recognize how very difficult it would be.

There are serious difficulties in trying to determine citizenship through who can trace back to an 1898 citizenship. Adoptions, lost records, no records, etc are all going to make it very difficult and it would inevitably deny some true native Hawaiians from having citizenship.

Also the amount of people who would not qualify for citizenship would be quite large. On one side of my family we are 4th generation in Hawaii yet I I would probably not qualify for citizenship. Now Hawaii is always going to be attractive but lets imagine the worst case scenario... half the population moves away as they are no longer citizens where they live. The economic effects could be disastrous. Also losing the tax revenue of all the military would also be economically harsh. Now I don't know if it would all scale down to match so that the decrease in revenue from people left would match the decrease in services but that isn't something to just cross fingers over.

I think restoring the monarchy would be a mistake. I think history is full of examples where civil wars have started when there are two sides claiming to be legitimate heirs.

China has been increasingly aggressive in the waters of southeast Asia. Their influence has also been extended to other areas not through force but through economic influence that gives them a political influence. They even have their hands in the politics of some polynesian governments. I don't think they would actually steam on over and invade us but we would become a significant country for them to try and exert control over. 


But let me give you this question to really ponder over. Say de-occupation did happen and it was managed relatively well so there was no disastrous economic impact or civil war or exodus. Would anything really change? Might we still have apathetic voters who elect democrats, have the same issues with corruption, have the same high cost of living, the same drug and crime problems, the same issues with a TMT, etc? Would we still not be the same exact Hawaii just with a different flag? Should we still separate from the USA just on the principle of it?

eyeeatingfish

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #351 on: August 01, 2019, 10:24:38 PM »
Here is one issue I have with the protest over the TMT:

They often ask whether supporters would allow a telescope to be built on a church or monument but this is a bit disingenuous. Protestors are claiming the whole mountain, not some site. If the telescope were going to be built on a heiiau then I totally agree but just coming out and making kapu to anything on the whole mountain? Can we just declare whole areas sacred too? No building in Waianae, no building Waialua, just say they all sacred. There is even a telescope built in the Vatican. Some have pointed out there is no historical record to validate that Mauna Kea was even considered a holy site. I am not saying someone made it up but I wouldn't put it past some passionate protesters either.

And secondly, why must the telescope be seen as unholy? No one is going to build a hotel on an ancient burial ground or bulldoze an ahupuaa for a race car track. Would the ancient hawaiians who actually practiced these religious beliefs really think that a telescope to study the stars was sacrilegious? So even if we all agree the mountain is sacred and a holy place why would that then mean no telescope can be built? The conclusion does not inherently follow the premise.

At least with the oil pipeline there were serious environmental concerns but the environmental issues for the telescope are very few compared to the oil pipeline.

RSN172

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #352 on: August 02, 2019, 02:31:26 AM »
Some people just like to protest everything.  H3 and the first 7-11 in Kaaawa, the resorts in Ko Olin’s, the widening of Kal Hwy in the 1990s are just a few examples.  The one they should have really stopped is rail.  The pounding rain woke me up at 0200.  Hope the sacred mountain is getting blessed as much.
Happily living in Puna

punaperson

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #353 on: August 02, 2019, 07:06:06 AM »

Exercising free speech is a sacred right that everyone is entitled to do.

Are you afraid to say all the things you shared in this thread to the faces of the Hawaiian people you presumed to be in violation of the law?  If not, take everyone that believes as you do on this forum and exercise your 1st Amendment Right on the summit of Mauna Kea.

The liar and dissembler refuses to answer the questions. Again.

Why would anyone be "afraid" to exercise their right to free speech in front of the criminal racists who have sworn to "kapu aloha" on their superstitious "sacred" "cultural practice" location? Oh, I get it...you mean because you, and everyone else, knows full well that you and they are blatant hypocrites who in the blink of an eye will turn violent when they hear something they don't like from someone exercising their free speech right.

How would we get to the "summit of Mauna Kea" asshole? Your criminal racist buddies are blocking the public road. Or don't you know what's going on there? Dumbass.

punaperson

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #354 on: August 02, 2019, 07:15:31 AM »
Two letters to the editor from the Hilo Tribune-Herald today:

My ‘sacred mountain’

I declare Termite Hill sacred.

I’m going to find some people with nothing better to do to blockade the access road and be the Termite Hill Protectors.

They will stay as long as they can eat, drink and party for free. Then I’ll get mirrored sunglasses and a cool hat, start posing, and dictate my demands to the media.

When people want to go to the medical centers there, I won’t let them through. High-tech western medicine won’t be allowed on my sacred mountain. Any new medical facility will have to be built in the Canary Islands.

State courts will eventually rule against me, but what does that matter?

The governor is too weak to govern, and the police are too afraid to enforce the law.

So, everybody who wants a piece of Hawaii, grab it now! You can make the sky any color you want it to be on your sacred mountain.

Elizabeth Novak
Pahoa


They are traitors

State government officials that support and encourage secessionists are committing treason against the United States.

The last time U.S. elected officials supported secessionists was in 1861 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Hawaii is going to be sued for over $1 billion by the Thirty Meter Telescope consortium if Gov. David Ige, Lt. Gov. Josh Green and Mayor Harry Kim kill this thing to pander to secessionists.

Their words and inaction are not merely craven, they are unconstitutional and illegal.

You either have the rule of law or you don’t. The rule of law says the time has come to build this thing.

If there is no longer the rule of law, then elected officials need to be removed from office and sent to prison with their secessionist friends on the mauna.

If this cannot be done by single-party rule in Hawaii, then it needs to be done by the U.S. Marines.

Nearly 1 million Americans died in a war against secession in 1861-‘65. I guess they do not teach that in the schools here.

There exists no higher crime for an elected U.S. official than to openly support and encourage secessionists. The traitors Ige, Green and Kim stand knee-deep in blood while they make their absurd statements about nonviolence and peace, even at the cost of supporting secession from the United States.

John Powers
Pahoa

ren

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Kuleana

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #356 on: August 02, 2019, 08:21:46 AM »
But let me give you this question to really ponder over. Say de-occupation did happen and it was managed relatively well so there was no disastrous economic impact or civil war or exodus. Would anything really change? Might we still have apathetic voters who elect democrats

The Democratic Party would not exist in the restored Hawaiian nation.  Thank God!  It would be safe to presume new political parties would begin given the new political landscape and not just TWO PARTIES!  That's the best part.


have the same issues with corruption,

There will be corruption, but much of the corruption would at least be swept away in the first few decades given the new playing field.


have the same high cost of living,

The cost of living on an island nation will always be relatively expensive due to transportation costs, but will go down with the elimination of the Jones Act and the fact Hawaii will be a neutral free-trade zone, as it was prior to the illegal annexation by the US.


the same drug and crime problems,

You would know best, DRUGS are everywhere and crime will always be.  However, the new body politic will have an opportunity to squash any criminal newcomers.


the same issues with a TMT, etc?

The culture-centered protestors of TMT would still be against, but I suspect the majority of Hawaiians, like myself, would be willing to compromise for its completion.


Would we still not be the same exact Hawaii just with a different flag? Should we still separate from the USA just on the principle of it?

Although daily life would remain the same, this is a good thing as disruption too fast, too soon is not good for anyone.  However, with the US Government out of the way, real entrepreneurial opportunity for all residents and peace-of-mind from the risk of being attacked by any of America's enemies would both increase.


ren

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #357 on: August 02, 2019, 08:42:05 AM »
^^^ because you wrote inside someone else's quotes...
How did you come to those conclusions Kuleana?
Deeds Not Words

Kuleana

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #358 on: August 02, 2019, 09:04:07 AM »
The liar and dissembler refuses to answer the questions. Again.

So you believe.


Why would anyone be "afraid" to exercise their right to free speech in front of the criminal racists who have sworn to "kapu aloha" on their superstitious "sacred" "cultural practice" location? Oh, I get it...you mean because you, and everyone else, knows full well that you and they are blatant hypocrites who in the blink of an eye will turn violent when they hear something they don't like from someone exercising their free speech right.

Making comments that the people who are opposed to TMT are violent is very judgmental and wrong.


How would we get to the "summit of Mauna Kea" asshole? Your criminal racist buddies are blocking the public road. Or don't you know what's going on there? Dumbass.

Is this the 2A Hawaii forum or the Democratic National Convention?  Name calling?  Really immature.  So sad...       :(

ren

Re: Maunakea TMT Protests
« Reply #359 on: August 02, 2019, 09:10:10 AM »
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