So what's the big deal surrounding Zero Shibai's "Cow Inoa" cartoon? It's just a funny commentary on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' nation building "Kau Inoa" campaign. It's nothing to get upset about since the high profile nation building campaign with its glitzy, taxpayer funded TV ads just continues as is.
The silly cartoon did get some people at OHA in a tizzy to a point where the chair of the OHA board, Haunani Apoliona demanded that the cartoon be withdrawn out of existence. That plea only backfired as more media outlets as well as regular citizens noticed it and commented on the cartoon in various publications and online media. Several of these outlets simply re-published the cartoon with each respective commentary, thus perpetuating the funny bovine image further. It even made national waves after syndicated writer Michelle Malkin commented on it.
Through all the rhetoric written in recent weeks, one commentator remarked:
"...the call by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs chair Haunani Apoliana to censor a political cartoon called "Cow Inoa," ... is giving a hint at what this new Hawaiian government will look like ... one where freedom of speech is squelched and intimidation tactics rule."Intimidation tactics indeed. It is scary to think what kind of government a Hawaiian nation would create. For me, I am perfectly happy with the United States government we now have . Hawaii is perfectly fine as the 50th State of the United States. We don't need more government or a new one to replace the U.S.
This is a good reason not to support the break-away nation building campaign of "Kau Inoa".
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Amen!
the fact that this is a funny spoof should not overlook the struggle of sovereignty for the hawaiian people. was it disrespectful? sure some would be offended but the point is that there needs to be an inclusive way to resolve this long overdue restitution to the hawaiians
"The struggle for sovereignty?" "an inclusive way?" What about those Hawaiian's not of Polynesian blood? The Kingdom of Hawaii included many "non-native" citizens, made such through naturalization. They gave their allegiance, were accepted, and their descendents have contributed much to these islands. They too lost their monarchy and sovereignty, yet they are now being intentionally excluded solely on the basis of race. How is that pono? The so-called "native Hawaiians" aren't even truly indigenous to these islands. They themselves came here from somewhere else, just like the Marquesans before them who were here already and whom they wiped-out through slavery and genocide. So much for any righteous "native Hawaiian" cause. This is a political issue that the "native Hawaiians" have made into a racial one. Pono? Give me a break!
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