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>"It's a total non-story." If he were Hawaiian, that would be true. But he's an outsider and he's world famous. It's a story.
by xiaoma 10y ago
>"It's a total non-story."
If he were Hawaiian, that would be true. But he's an outsider and he's world famous.
It's a story.
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- marcoperaza 10y agoAn outsider? He's an American and he has the same right to buy property in Hawaii as anyone else in our country.
- vkou 10y agoDo you know how Hawaii came under American control? He is absolutely an outsider in Hawaii.
- drakonandor 10y agoLess than 25% of Hawaii is ethnically native.
- vkou 10y agoThat has nothing to do with the culture of the place. If I invite you into my home, and ask you to take off your shoes, it doesn't matter whether or not I'm white, black, or reptilian. Please take off your shoes.
- csallen 10y agoIsn't it a bit different if your home isn't actually yours, but belongs collectively to whoever lives there, under a system of rules decided by the people who live there, and those rules say it's fine if he doesn't want to take off his shoes?
- HillaryBriss 10y agoyes, in theory. but, there's a difference between this particular theory and actual reality in Hawaii.
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