Comments on: 116 Years! http://capsun.org/2009/01/17/116-years/ Political Staffer | Non-Profit Leader | Social Media Enthusiast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:05:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: quilly http://capsun.org/2009/01/17/116-years/comment-page-1/#comment-409 quilly Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:25:38 +0000 http://capsun.org/?p=1173#comment-409 Capsun, What makes me feel bad is that this even has to be an issue. All people, regardless of race, creed, color or national identity deserve equal respect and treatment under the law. No one should have to fight to have his or her identitity and value respeted or preserved. History has brought us a long way, but as the seven deadly sins remain, can it ever take us far enough? Greed and power are the greatest detriments to the granting of basic rights and human diginity to ALL. Capsun,

What makes me feel bad is that this even has to be an issue. All people, regardless of race, creed, color or national identity deserve equal respect and treatment under the law. No one should have to fight to have his or her identitity and value respeted or preserved.

History has brought us a long way, but as the seven deadly sins remain, can it ever take us far enough? Greed and power are the greatest detriments to the granting of basic rights and human diginity to ALL.

]]> By: Capsun http://capsun.org/2009/01/17/116-years/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Capsun Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:08:12 +0000 http://capsun.org/?p=1173#comment-408 quilly: Oh, quilly, I'm so sorry to hear that's how you were exposed to this issue. I take the opposite approach, believing instead that people such as yourself (non-Native Hawaiians, new to Hawaii) can be our allies, we just have to explain some of our history. While I neither condone nor agree with what that person told you, I hope you realize it was probably someone who feels powerless in his own homeland, and that anger and frustration is directed at anyone perceived to be the source of that marginalization (no matter how wrong or misplaced it might be). I'm glad you got a more level-headed explanation. I'd be more than happy to chat with you about it, too. One thing I really like to do is show the DVD "Then There Were None" which uses the declining health of the Native Hawaiian population as the backdrop for a greater story on the effects of Westerners on society since contact. I hope I've made you feel a little better, and not worse, which is not my intent. I know you are a great person with an even greater heart! You should be treated as such. Aloha. quilly: Oh, quilly, I’m so sorry to hear that’s how you were exposed to this issue. I take the opposite approach, believing instead that people such as yourself (non-Native Hawaiians, new to Hawaii) can be our allies, we just have to explain some of our history. While I neither condone nor agree with what that person told you, I hope you realize it was probably someone who feels powerless in his own homeland, and that anger and frustration is directed at anyone perceived to be the source of that marginalization (no matter how wrong or misplaced it might be).

I’m glad you got a more level-headed explanation. I’d be more than happy to chat with you about it, too. One thing I really like to do is show the DVD “Then There Were None” which uses the declining health of the Native Hawaiian population as the backdrop for a greater story on the effects of Westerners on society since contact.

I hope I’ve made you feel a little better, and not worse, which is not my intent. I know you are a great person with an even greater heart! You should be treated as such.

Aloha.

]]> By: quilly http://capsun.org/2009/01/17/116-years/comment-page-1/#comment-406 quilly Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:29:10 +0000 http://capsun.org/?p=1173#comment-406 My first introduction to this issue was about a two weeks after I moved here. I was sitting at a bus stop and was confronted by a good-sized teenage male who informed me that I am the reason Hawaii is a horrible place to live and if I and everybody like me would just leave -- and take our military with us -- Hawaiians could go back to living the good life. Since then I have been given a much more level-headed and understandable explanation, but I will never forget my introduction and I automatically respond to this topic with fear. And I wonder how many others that pertains to. My first introduction to this issue was about a two weeks after I moved here. I was sitting at a bus stop and was confronted by a good-sized teenage male who informed me that I am the reason Hawaii is a horrible place to live and if I and everybody like me would just leave — and take our military with us — Hawaiians could go back to living the good life.

Since then I have been given a much more level-headed and understandable explanation, but I will never forget my introduction and I automatically respond to this topic with fear. And I wonder how many others that pertains to.

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]]> By: damon http://capsun.org/2009/01/17/116-years/comment-page-1/#comment-401 damon Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:26:21 +0000 http://capsun.org/?p=1173#comment-401 Capsun... drop me an email. I'd like to get your email for my "Bloggers" list. dt Capsun… drop me an email.

I’d like to get your email for my “Bloggers” list.

dt

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