Post #248108 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Aug 10, 2006 1:36 PM

On 2006-08-10 12:59, ToonToonz wrote:
To echo someone else before me....

Once you start questioning the legitimacy of Tiki art and carvings made today, well then the next step is to question everything Tiki to see how "un-Tiki" it is.
The original Polynesians that worshipped their Tikis had rum? They sipped Mai-Tais? How un-Tiki is that?
And they had little paper umbrellas in their glasses with ice? Polynesians had little paper umbrellas and ice?

And then one has to question the people doing the Tiki thing in the U.S. and ask were the original Tiki worshipers mainly white, middle class Americans that use their religion as an excuse to wear flowery "Hawaiian" shirts and party? How unTiki is that?

Nah...it´s better not to question any of it and just have Tiki fun. :)
:drink: Cheers!

Oy Vey! This thread is in no way generally questioning all Tiki art made today! Either I am completely missunderstanding your post, or you are completely missunderstanding mine.

Which leads me to muse: Although we should not neccessarily "choose to agree to disagree" as stated here before, we have to accept the fact that some folks simply don't "get it", or better put, seem to CHOOSE to not "get it", while some do. This is again said without malice, it's just an observation.