Braddah Kimo wrote:Oh, So Now she is crazy.
Here is the reaction that will be received if this "good idea", "nice daydream" were pursued, based on my half century living here in Hawai'i;
Hey you haoles, you all love to assume. Create scenarios, and make up s#!t all the time, we dunno where it comes from, we don't care, but it's incredibly annoying, and has been forever: "I am sure this is it." "Probably that is what's happening." "Oh this is gotta be what's going on..." "I guess that it was..."
"Hey, I am sure you have enough money fix your place!"
"I know Eve does not care anymore"
"Here is what it would cost to repair the place..."
"She is at a certain age I am sure she thinks this..."
"This is more the thought going on in her head..." "It's more likely this..." "In my opinion, this is what she is thinking..."
And you americans all need to namecall and make labels for people and insult them. And their homes. "elderly heiress", "Her estate is deteriorating, falling into disrepair" "Lady, I am sure you are either insane or broke!" Sheesh. (We hear you have given the Marks Estate this treatment too)
Just leave us alone, never mind what we are worth, or what our intentions are, keep your own mainland standards there, stop being so friggin nosy, stay out of our private affairs and our private lives, tend to your own affair. Mind your own business, and we will mind ours. Do you know what live and let live means?
I didn't say it. But that is what will be said.
You may not hear it directly. But we will. Been hearing it for decades.
You're a funny one Braddah. So now Eve is not a haole or an American? Just how many generations must one go back to be an accepted Islander? I thought every white, or non Polynesion, person was haole.
Granted, it is presumptive to request someone do something with property they own, but then again, that's another problem because wasn't it us haole's that created the whole idea of land ownership and wrecked the islands for the peace loving do no wrong natives? Wouldn't wanting the Estate to be up on repairs and presentable be a boon to everyone, even if only from a "sore eyes" standpoint. Or did no Hawai'ian even tend to land before Cook showed up with a rake? Who knows and it really doesn't matter . . .
The point of this whole site is it's love of a TV show from 30 years ago. Things change over time, but as fans (short for fanatic) we have a more than casual interest in locations, people and things associated with the show and wish we could trap them in amber. Of course we can't, but it's a shame to see things that COULD be protected left to fall into disrepair.
Of course it's Eve's family estate and she can and should do what she wants with it. It would be nice to embrace the legacy of the show and enjoy what it means to people. That said, I'm not sure if I would do it were I in her place either. As we know all too well, a lot of people are idiots and have a disregard for the feelings, lives and cares of others and those that don't align with them. She lives there and it's her home and may not want to deal with what would come from a once or twice a week tour for a few hours.
As for her motives, no one was calling her names from what I can tell . . . they were wondering why. In the wondering they were throwing out possibilities. Is brainstorming, where all ideas are tossed out, a bad thing? Or is that another mainland curse we foisted on the perfect people of the islands?
It's getting real tough to be preached to post-in and post-out about how inconsiderate, uncaring, rude and obnoxious we haole's are. It's great to have a native Hawai'ian on these boards for the information factor and to get a true understanding of Hawai'i and her people as we've all acquired a differing level of interest in the Islands from the show, but there are better ways to share than the constant put downs.
