Rebuilding the Kingdom of Hawaii ! ! - Beyond Tiki

T Thomas Member Lake Mojave Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 372	T Thomas Posted posted on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 6:50 PM This is frankly against my better judgement, and I suspect, maybe even hope (!), that a third party will come in and remind us to quit the politics, but your phrase: home to true Hawaiians strikes me as proto-fascistic. I live in a region where the "big city" nearby is Las Vegas. One of the many pleasures of visiting LV is the large presence of people from Hawaii there, working, thriving, settling down, having their own "Hawaiian" newspapers, etc. Should they be shunned and urged to go back home, for they are not "truly" of the desert southwest? Should we all go back to our "true" geographic origins and build foxholes around them? One of the great revolutionary ideas of the last few centuries is that sovereignty resides in the individual, not a "volk" or a hereditary monarch whose shadow you were forbidden to tread on, for fear of instantaneous bludgeoning. It is a great irony of our age that many now, standing on this pedastal of this great human accomplishment, choose to look back longingly towards tribalism. How 'bout we not go there again?

This is frankly against my better judgement, and I suspect, maybe even hope (!), that a third party will come in and remind us to quit the politics, but your phrase:
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home to true Hawaiians
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strikes me as proto-fascistic. I live in a region where the "big city" nearby is Las Vegas. One of the many pleasures of visiting LV is the large presence of people from Hawaii there, working, thriving, settling down, having their own "Hawaiian" newspapers, etc. Should they be shunned and urged to go back home, for they are not "truly" of the desert southwest? Should we all go back to our "true" geographic origins and build foxholes around them? One of the great revolutionary ideas of the last few centuries is that sovereignty resides in the individual, not a "volk" or a hereditary monarch whose shadow you were forbidden to tread on, for fear of instantaneous bludgeoning. It is a great irony of our age that many now, standing on this pedastal of this great human accomplishment, choose to look back longingly towards tribalism. How 'bout we not go there again?

Post #180679 by Thomas on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 6:50 PM