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ORIGINAL: HunterCA

They're just looking for an excuse. Bad white guys is a good excuse.

Man, you really have no idea what Aloha means. It's easy to look at it academically, but Aloha is not academic, it's spiritual.

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They're just looking for an excuse. Bad white guys is a good excuse.

Man, you really have no idea what Aloha means. It's easy to look at it academically, but Aloha is not academic, it's spiritual.

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Crazy. So the English word welcome, if your Hawaiian please don't have this on your front door matt as if you are not truly welcoming all peoples you are misusing the word and every English speaking person in the world you have now offended. It seems to be that reverse racism is alive and well in Hawaii, as articles such as this single out the use of "white". I went to HI once for vacation and the land and ocean were beautiful, but the local mentality was very apparent towards the tourists to leave all your money and then get out.

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They're just looking for an excuse. Bad white guys is a good excuse.

Man, you really have no idea what Aloha means. It's easy to look at it academically, but Aloha is not academic, it's spiritual.

Yes, I'm absolutely sure that all of those Hawaiians I grew up with were totally spiritually connected at every moment and when ever they said Aloha it was a benediction to me as a howlee.

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ORIGINAL: HunterCA

They're just looking for an excuse. Bad white guys is a good excuse.

Man, you really have no idea what Aloha means. It's easy to look at it academically, but Aloha is not academic, it's spiritual.

Yes, I'm absolutely sure that all of those Hawaiians I grew up with were totally spiritually connected at every moment and when ever they said Aloha it was a benediction to me as a howlee.

You were aptly labeled.

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The fight to build Earth's most powerful telescope on sacred ground



The summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii is arguably the most perfect spot in the world for a telescope.

But some native Hawaiians who believe the mountain top is a sacred site and are worried about the ecological impacts of building a huge telescope there, may disagree.

The peak of the mountain is nearly 14,000 feet above sea level, looming high above any light pollution and most clouds. It's a crystal-clear window into the cosmos.

Astronomers want to build a new telescope, called the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), to take advantage of the pristine view on Mauna Kea.

If it's built, TMT could reveal parts of the universe we've never seen. And the dry and cold air on Mauna Kea will produce the sharpest images yet of the parts of the universe we've only glimpsed.

The problem is that Mauna Kea is sacred ground to native Hawaiians. It's home to hundreds of culturally significant and sacred sites. And while you'd think an observatory wouldn't be that destructive, the impact of the construction project on the fragile, remote mountain top could have consequences.

Construction of TMT was slated to start in March, but a series of protests by native Hawaiians brought the work to a grinding halt.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mauna-kea-telescope-on-sacred-ground-2015-5#ixzz3bAVZNL68

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Oh, and I might point out that most times the Hawaiians talked to me it was something like, "come on brada, we go". They only called me howlee to tease, especially when I danced hula with the girls.

So, you're idocity factor regarding my label was pretty high.

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I'm sympathetic to this. I've built lots of things on Indian burial ground. Around here it's hard not to. The Indians are usually very helpful. You find a burial, they come out and do a ceremony and you inter the body deep under the project so it's close to where it was originally and hidden so it can't be found. They work with you. But, they do have sacred sites and I respect those. It's sorta like when the Moslems built the mosque on top the site of the temple in Jarusalem and then wouldn't let the Jews have access. It's just not right.

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University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Astronomy Graduate Program

To live and work under the sky of Hawai‘i is an extraordinary privilege. The Institute for Astronomy’s unmatched access to the telescopes and instruments on Maunakea and Haleakala represents a unique resource for education as well as research. We are one of the top astronomy graduate schools in the country, offering the MS and PhD degrees. If you are a prospective student, please read “Why choose Hawai‘i?“

The Astronomy Graduate Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa was founded in 1972. The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa offers both MS and PhD degrees in astronomy. Our program is designed for students with a strong background in physical sciences; we focus on training professional astronomers for academic and research positions. Since a PhD is generally necessary for such a career, almost all astronomy students enter the program with the goal of getting a PhD.

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Reminiscent of all the "Christians" not wanting a mosque to be built close to ground zero.
NO??
oh my bad

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I'm sympathetic to this. I've built lots of things on Indian burial ground. Around here it's hard not to. The Indians are usually very helpful. You find a burial, they come out and do a ceremony and you inter the body deep under the project so it's close to where it was originally and hidden so it can't be found. They work with you. But, they do have sacred sites and I respect those. It's sorta like when the Moslems built the mosque on top the site of the temple in Jarusalem and then wouldn't let the Jews have access. It's just not right.

I was there recently, took the whole tour

Its not a burial ground up there, and there are several observatories there already. Mauna Kea isnt really a god... Or at least, she isnt too pissed off about observatories being built up there yet. My take is that the whole sacred volcano goddess thing has been hijacked for politics.

Hawaiians benefit significantly from the money that the observatories bring in, and the observatories are also tied in heavily with the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, which offers preferential treatment for native Hawaiians

Having such a great location for these large telescopes has done a lot of really great things for Hawaii

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University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Astronomy Graduate Program

To live and work under the sky of Hawai‘i is an extraordinary privilege. The Institute for Astronomy’s unmatched access to the telescopes and instruments on Maunakea and Haleakala represents a unique resource for education as well as research. We are one of the top astronomy graduate schools in the country, offering the MS and PhD degrees. If you are a prospective student, please read “Why choose Hawai‘i?“

The Astronomy Graduate Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa was founded in 1972. The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa offers both MS and PhD degrees in astronomy. Our program is designed for students with a strong background in physical sciences; we focus on training professional astronomers for academic and research positions. Since a PhD is generally necessary for such a career, almost all astronomy students enter the program with the goal of getting a PhD.

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That's it? That is where you are stopping? I was making a list and everything.

One day I may sell of enough food stamps to actually go to Hawaii and I'd like to have more vernacular and vocabulary than "Brada" and "Howlee". So, please continue.

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I would suspect it's not a burial ground. In Hawaiian legend the goddess of volcanos lived at the tops of the mountains. I have no idea if this is a spot they have in legend or not. If it is, I'd say find someplace else. Like the sign says, I wouldn't want the cathedral of Norte Dame knocked down to build a collider, even if I'm not catholic.

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You'll get by. Just go find Hotel Street. You'll be fine.

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Reminiscent of all the "Christians" not wanting a mosque to be built close to ground zero.
NO??
oh my bad

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That's it? That is where you are stopping? I was making a list and everything.

One day I may sell of enough food stamps to actually go to Hawaii and I'd like to have more vernacular and vocabulary than "Brada" and "Howlee". So, please continue.

You'll get by. Just go find Hotel Street. You'll be fine.

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FR

Jesus Christ, what is the point of this thread?

Look, if we were all to join in with the chorus, 'It's political correctness gone MAD!!!', all together, for another ten, twenty or fifty posts, would that suit? It's like looking at the screen and seeing lots of farts billowing upwards from wrinkly old flaccid arseholes - making their owners' Stetsons ripple as they go - and all coalescing in the sky as one giant, brown cloud.