The Government
The Government was Originally Posted on October 9, 2006 by lavarock
Two laws, a book and a song…
It is said that the Government can give and the Government can take away.
Here are two items regarding Hawaii to make you think.
Aloha is a Hawaii word with many meanings. It means love, affection, compassion, mercy, and most often used as hello and goodbye.
It its wisdom, the State of Hawaii has determined that they needed to add the “Aloha Spirit” to their laws, meaning you must show aloha to others. It describes a sense of care and hospitality to those around you and a respect for people, even in times of stress.
The are still writing and rewriting the law, but here is one reference to it. Link
So there is a law saying that you have to respect others. THEN in contrast is this law, commonly known as “U.S. PUBLIC LAW 103-150″ and enacted in 1993. I ask you to not that it is quite difficult for our leaders to admin they are wrong, but not quite so hard to admit that their predisessors were wrong. However, at least it is documented. I leave it up t oyou to read and understand the law and what it means.
If you do the research, you find that many peop,le objected to the passage of this law. They said things like this:
“This coup took place more than 100 years ago. No one is alive who played any role in it. No one is alive, perhaps there are a couple of centenarians who may have been there when this took place. This is a different time and a different generation.
It goes without saying in this body, it seems to me, that every square inch of the United States of America was acquired in a manner which bears certain similarities to the acquisition by the United States of America of what is now the State of Hawaii.”
So in essence, the first pharagraph says “It wasn’t us…” and the second says, “well, even so, we did tha tto everyone, like it or lump it”.
It is interesting to note that these two laws have an interesting attachment.
The Queen who was in power at the time, Liliuokalani, was imprisoned in the palace in Honolulu as her Kingdon was taken over by the U.S. Her story, Hawaii’s Story is documented by her in her book, available to read here for free: Link
The Queen was an acomplished writed and wrote the lyrics to a song you know; a song by just the 1st 4 notes, that song is still played today. Known to some as “Farewell to Thee”, it is often remembered as “Aloha Oe”.