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Thursday, 16 September 2021
quote [ Hawai‘i has long been packaged as paradise, allowing travelers to ignore the legacy of colonialism. What travelers need to know to travel to the islands responsibly. ]
The beauty of hawaii
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macst34 said @ 2:21am GMT on 17th September
I dunno how I feel about this.
How is the plight of Hawaiians any different from other displaced populations that lay claim to a piece of land? Current examples in Columbia and India and older examples like the native 'American' Indians and aboriginals in Taiwan show that this just happens over and over and is currently happening now in different pockets of the world.
I feel bad about it in the sense that the unfairness is an easy judged, but I also can't imagine how things would work if things were reverted to how they were before. For example, what would Hawaii be if reverted back to an indigenous monarchy?
For a more extreme example, how would the Americas look if all land were returned back to the Indians? Where would the now displaced American peoples go?
I don't know how to either 1)justify regressing land use to the usually smaller and disenfranchised population or allowing 2) the vanquishers to totally disregard the wishes/rights/traditions of the former.
Progression of time does not always equate to progress of all people. I'm not stating this as belief or justification. It is only an observation stemming from a simple review of what happened in the past and what will likely occur in the future.
macst34 said @ 1:31pm GMT on 17th September
I dunno how I feel about this.
How is the plight of Hawaiians any different from other displaced populations that lay claim to a piece of land? Current examples in Columbia and India and older examples like the native 'American' Indians and aboriginals in Taiwan show that this just happens over and over and is currently happening now in different pockets of the world.
I feel bad about it in the sense that the unfairness is easy judged, but I also can't imagine how things would work if things were reverted to how they were before. For example, what would Hawaii be if reverted back to an indigenous monarchy?
For a more extreme example, how would the Americas look if all land were returned back to the Indians? Where would the now displaced American peoples go?
I don't know how to either 1)justify regressing land use to the usually smaller and disenfranchised population or allowing 2) the vanquishers to totally disregard the wishes/rights/traditions of the former.
Progression of time does not always equate to progress of all people. I'm not stating this as belief or justification. It is only an observation stemming from a simple review of what happened in the past and what will likely occur in the future.
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macst34 said @ 2:21am GMT on 17th September
I dunno how I feel about this.
How is the plight of Hawaiians any different from other displaced populations that lay claim to a piece of land? Current examples in Columbia and India and older examples like the native 'American' Indians and aboriginals in Taiwan show that this just happens over and over and is currently happening now in different pockets of the world.
I feel bad about it in the sense that the unfairness is easy judged, but I also can't imagine how things would work if things were reverted to how they were before. For example, what would Hawaii be if reverted back to an indigenous monarchy?
For a more extreme example, how would the Americas look if all land were returned back to the Indians? Where would the now displaced American peoples go?
I don't know how to either 1)justify regressing land use to the usually smaller and disenfranchised population or allowing 2) the vanquishers to totally disregard the wishes/rights/traditions of the former.
Progression of time does not always equate to progress of all people. I'm not stating this as belief or justification. It is only an observation stemming from a simple review of what happened in the past and what will likely occur in the future.
