Open your mind, and your heart just may follow.

Typically, opposition to development in Hawaii by ethnic Hawaiian groups is little more than a shakedown. The TMT would be blessed by these groups if they were paid sufficiently generous amounts to do “cultural impact studies,” but most institutions refuse to give into this kind of extortion on principle.

Mauna Kea, and the observatories on top studying the mysteries of the universe, is a rightful pride of all in Hawaii. Using the mountaintop to explore the heavens is a noble acknowledgment of the great history of the Polynesian colonists to came to Hawaii navigating by the stars.

“Neo-Ancient Hawaiians,” ethnic Hawaiians who allege to have some religious connection to Mauna Kea simply because of their bloodline, who make up false ceremonies and pretend that they are legitimate re-enactments of historical traditions, may in fact believe their own dogma, and consider any development in Hawaii as sacrilegious. But for the most part, the rabble rousers and “community organizers” that encourage this kind of victimhood mentality are only looking for a financial payoff for their blessing.

Aloha

Tom