Post #336418 by PeleeTiki on Thu, Oct 4, 2007 9:10 AM

Fascinating. Clearly able to delineate the fascists from the fanatics in this thread. It takes all kinds I guess. Haka, does your disdain for hunting affect your respect for Tiki heritage? Pretty sure they were hunters/gatherers as well. You don't need to make the animal suffer, you do well enough at that with your inane posts.
The Aussie post is just, well, I have no response. If you can conclude that J.B. has no bearing on the "Tiki" culture than simply choose to disregard it. The fact that this thread is so controversial on that subject clearly indicates a rift exists. I welcome intelligent, original, relevant differences of opinion, of which many, smarter than I have contributed. I don't care if he represents a pure vein of tiki or not. He is simply an entertainer who others less "cultured" than yourselves will readily identify as a representative of the same South Seas escapism that gave rise to the Tiki Craze of the 50's and 60's. Your comparisons are as invalid as trying to compare modern day sports figures to todays in a "who was the best" or "who did it the right way" sort of argument. At the end of the day, who cares? and that precisely is my point, who cares deeply enough to make it hateful or to make personal attacks on others? Someone, perhaps with issues that I don't care to explore. I will find something else to read. Those of you who think a good time is staring at and writing about your mug collections are missing the point. J.B. for all he may not be to Tiki understands what some of you haven't figure out, life is about living it, using it, not collecting it. I have nothing more to say about this.
God Bless