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As a kanaka maoli, native born and raised, the protesters of the Thirty Meter Telescope are fighting the wrong fight. I disagree with them saying it desecrates the aina and disrespects Mauna Kea.
To me, desecration is what the military has done to Kahoolawe, Makua Valley, Waiahole/Waikane and Pohakuloa. They have desecrated the land with live ammunition, mortars, bombs and machine-gun fire. That’s disrespectful. The TMT project is a telescope. Preventing its construction desecrates the mind by not allowing us to learn more about space, time and our place in the universe.
If the TMT protesters want to protest a cause more meaningful to Hawaiians, how about the Hawaiian homelands situation? We all know someone who has waited years and some who have died waiting for their homestead.
The TMT situation has been ongoing for years. If the protesters had put their energy into Hawaiian homelands, all Hawaiians waiting for homesteads would have them by now.
Robert K. Soberano
Moiliili
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