Post #20904 by SlovakTiki on Sat, Jan 25, 2003 10:53 AM

All good points. It really is a stain upon the U.S. how the Hawaiians were deprived of their sovereignty in such a despicable way.
Maybe the residents of Hawaii should be allowed to hold a referendum on the subject of some form of sovereignty.
An equitable solution(and a way to make up for the many injustices perpetrated upon the Polynesians)may be to give the Hawaiians independence and yet keep the benefit(?)of American defense protection similar to the situation that Puerto Rico has.