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Quote by: PatrickHenry  Could you address the question without obfuscation? Would you care to contribute to the discussion of the Hawaiian Kingdom? |
I think there have been too many changes for Hawaii ever to pretend to be independent again. Even during my lifetime, there have been considerable unbelievable changes to Hawaii.
I first visited Honolulu in the early 70's and what I saw of the same place last year made my jaw drop. Back in the 70's pineapple and sugar cane was all over the place, grown and exported. Now all the fields that used to be pineapple farms have been paved over with expensive high rises and housing now. And in 1974 I can remember driving from the airport to the motel with little or no traffic. The same trip last year was congested with New York city style parking lot traffic. So for better or worse, I think Honolulu is nothing but another major U.S. city now. There's nothing the same as it was and there is really no going back anymore. And thats only 35 years that I have personally witnessed. I can only imagine what changes there have been since the late 1800's. There have certainly been some serious and massive changes (some might call them improvements) done on all of the major Hawaiian islands since the late 1800's.
So I think letting Hawaii go back to the natives would make about the same amount of sense as letting South Dakota go back to the Apache Indians. Another words, no sense at all.