Post #751531 by Luckydesigns on Fri, Sep 25, 2015 9:26 AM

I totally appreciate the debate. Nothing I said was intended as absolutist of attacking. I think that the cultural appropriation of tiki in the 50s and 60s was only meant in fun. Not that those who enjoyed it didn't respect those island cultures, it just wasn't thought about at all. It was a theming thing. Escapist decor... Not much more than that. I'd bet that Sven would back me up on this.

And I too stand corrected on the parrot thing. Of course there are tropical birds in oceana... Maybe I was thinking macaws. I believe those are mostly South American.