Looking back to when the illegal provisional government of the United States tried to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the farce that Ko Hawai`i Pae `Aina (Hawai`i) was part of whatever - I enjoyed advocating for the truth by joining the demonstrations at the airport and the state building.
The biggest pleasure I had was seeing the small and watered-down celebrations of those who live the illusion that Ko Hawai`i Pae `Aina is part of America.
There were no fireworks, no parades, no waving of banners and flags. Why? Because you cannot celebrate evil.
The second thing that I found great pleasure in was when my fellow civilized people cut the 50th star from the American flag and put a match to it. The ultimate demonstration of our true feelings and ku`e (protest)....
...You cannot honor genocide, lies, theft, breaking of treaties and the occupation of a peaceful nation. America is the kid with his hand in the cookie jar and chocolate chips on his lips and still insists that he never ate the cookies. The only ones to back him are the ones that shared in the immoral behavior.
America preaches the Ten Commandments and breaks every one. A culture of hypocrisy, not democracy.
It would behoove a Sept. 5 letter writer to acknowledge that the majority of Hawai`i who "voted overwhelmingly for statehood in 1959" were in fact American military personnel stationed on O`ahu.
That doesn't sound like Hawai`i voting for statehood. That sounds like America voting for statehood, the way America voted for annexation....
"Love it or leave it." Really? Is that what's going through your head when you see sovereignty protesters on the side of the road? Would you say that to your Hawaiian friends?
If that's what you have to say to someone who would merely show support for us, could we then safely assume that you would take pleasure in seeing the whole lot of us sovereigns shipped off to some Third World ghetto along with anyone who agrees with us?
I certainly hope not, because that would be, dare I say it? Un-American.
"...That issue" was the Akaka Bill, which would set up a framework for creating a native Hawaiian governmental body that the U.S. would recognize....
...The Danners' presentation was repeatedly interrupted by sovereignty supporters who disagreed with the bill's language and/or content....
"...You're actually allowing the perpetuity of an illegal system," argued one sovereignty supporter.
"It's just another form of capture," said another of the Akaka Bill framework....
"It's as though you're creating a wholly separate government for a fictitious Hawaiian people," said Gumapac....
"...The people who are pushing this bill are trying to divide the Hawaiian people," contended Rev. Ron Fujimoto, a non-Hawaiian who has worked for years with Hawaiian groups....
