[Magdalen] Another Scotland?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

How very odd.  What sort of approach should our officials take, do you
think?

It is similar to the question of reparations for various people who were
abused and violated in the course of USA history.  Resisting it simply
shows the resister to be hostile to the interests of those pressing their
case.

The hostility of the indigenous Hawaiian people toward outsiders is well
known and perfectly understandable.

A similar movement has been growing for independency of Puerto Rico as
well.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> I've read several news items recently that describe various
> stages of "independence" for the State of Hawaii.  These  movements
> consist of various special interest groups, such as the 100,000 or so
> ethnics of pure Hawaiian/Polynesian ancestry, as well as other groups
> who have different political agendas.
>
> The proposals run the gamut from complete independence for Hawaii
> with no residual strings attached to the USA and various levels of
> autonomy in between.
>
> What is interesting is that the USA officials dealing with these  proposals
> are described as in full cooperation with these proposals for  autonomy.
>
> There is, of course, the history of American takeover of Hawaii with
> overthrow of the Hawaiian Queen and largely because of the desires
> of American and British merchants.  This is mid-nineteenth  century.
>
> To me, frankly, these proposals smack of secession, and should be
> dealt with accordingly, but this may be purely reactionary and  insensitive
> on my part.
>
> Other ideas?
>
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> David Strang.
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