Post #363155 by tikiyaki on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 8:47 AM

On 2008-02-24 08:38, Thomas wrote:

On 2008-02-24 00:28, Tangaroa-Ru wrote:
I think any non-Hawaiian who has been GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED to live in Hawaii (and own property) had better respect the Hawaiian culture!

Actually I believe we're discussing an American citizen living in an American state and enjoying the property rights thereof, not to mention the culture and system of contracts and arbitration indicated by: "[it] will be subjected to a vote by the Board in the next few weeks..." I'm with everyone else here in personally disagreeing with her objections, but the right of free association means people are allowed to join together to create things like owner's associations with rules that set the tone of their community, and use peaceful arbitration to settle disputes regarding those rules. This sort of freedom allows for true diversity across society and protects us from the sort of nativist fascism implied in the comment above.

Fine for you, just don't be so quick to voice that opinion in Hawaii, especially to anyone with any Hawaiian lineage...it will go over, should we say....not too well.