Islands must work together to help shape state's future

By Jay Fidell

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 07, 2012

~~<p>That we are an island state is perhaps our greatest strength. It also may be our greatest weakness.</p>
<p>Islands, and island states, are fragile. By definition they're isolated and vulnerable and have to work harder to stay on the same page. Kamehameha I had to use force to settle the unification question in 1810. Does that question somehow linger in our island state today? The past is always in the present.</p>
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That we are an island state is perhaps our greatest strength. It also may be our greatest weakness.

Islands, and island states, are fragile. By definition they're isolated and vulnerable and have to work harder to stay on the same page. Kamehameha I had to use force to settle the unification question in 1810. Does that question somehow linger in our island state today? The past is always in the present. Login for more...