So in the past five months, there have been 2 violent murders back home, literally blocks from where I went to high school and down the street from my parents home. I used to live in New York, where stuff like this was kind've par for the course and I always would think when I watched television "Oh, how horrible, but that's like way on the other side, and I'd never see these people." I guess that doesn't really excuse what's happening and I don't know... I feel like while I used to be able to confidently quote statistics for reduced violence and stuff as a positive trend in humankind - this just makes that stance so much shakier to stand on.
My parents live on Maui, and Maui's effective population is only 160,000 people for the entire island. By contrast, Honolulu's effective population is 300,000, and New York's is 3.sum million (and that's just a single city). You don't kill somebody on Maui and get away with it, literally the entire island will quickly start taking sides because it's so small.
Already, I see posts on social media from people who I interact with who are at each others throats over the innocence of a suspect, or the need for closure over a victim. Friends and family are going at it, and honestly, the haole (white people) versus local population issue is even drowning out the original problem. It's become a battle over who is really innocent, and pointing fingers, and who can scream the loudest. Personally, and probably thankfully, I'm sort've on the outside, as I am not even born in America, let alone Hawai'i, and while I've lived here almost sixteen years, I've not really bothered to adopt the culture here as much as just appreciate it. But I've friends who have lived their entire life here and it's just extremely unpleasant to watch as they all tear each other apart.
Anyway, ultimately it's not my place, and I can only show my condolences for the victims, and avoid pointing fingers at any of the accused. I think I needed to vent, and a forum of people who I only barely know to vent to. If any of you have any advice or want to comment, feel free to. I am well aware some in the community have been hit even harder closer to home than me.
So in the past five months, there have been 2 violent murders back home, literally blocks from where I went to high school and down the street from my parents home. I used to live in New York, where stuff like this was kind've par for the course and I always would think when I watched television "Oh, how horrible, but that's like way on the other side, and I'd never see these people." I guess that doesn't really excuse what's happening and I don't know... I feel like while I used to be able to confidently quote statistics for reduced violence and stuff as a positive trend in humankind - this just makes that stance so much shakier to stand on.
My parents live on Maui, and Maui's effective population is only 160,000 people for the entire island. By contrast, Honolulu's effective population is 300,000, and New York's is 3.sum million (and that's just a single city). You don't kill somebody on Maui and get away with it, literally the entire island will quickly start taking sides because it's so small.
Already, I see posts on social media from people who I interact with who are at each others throats over the innocence of a suspect, or the need for closure over a victim. Friends and family are going at it, and honestly, the haole (white people) versus local population issue is even drowning out the original problem. It's become a battle over who is really innocent, and pointing fingers, and who can scream the loudest. Personally, and probably thankfully, I'm sort've on the outside, as I am not even born in America, let alone Hawai'i, and while I've lived here almost sixteen years, I've not really bothered to adopt the culture here as much as just appreciate it. But I've friends who have lived their entire life here and it's just extremely unpleasant to watch as they all tear each other apart.
Anyway, ultimately it's not my place, and I can only show my condolences for the victims, and avoid pointing fingers at any of the accused. I think I needed to vent, and a forum of people who I only barely know to vent to. If any of you have any advice or want to comment, feel free to. I am well aware some in the community have been hit even harder closer to home than me.
Sounds like island sickness to me.
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How do you take a vacation when you live in paradise?
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Shit, that's deep.
Honestly though I had a friend who talked about how living on literally an island can go to your head. Even if you are native born, there's no room to expand and move out, and he only lived there for 4 years.
Sounds like island sickness to me.
[spoiler]How do you take a vacation when you live in paradise?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Shit, that's deep.[/spoiler]
Honestly though I had a friend who talked about how living on literally an island can go to your head. Even if you are native born, there's no room to expand and move out, and he only lived there for 4 years.
you need to exact your revenge by using the mechanisms and skills you learned from your main to turn the tide of war!
you need to exact your revenge by using the mechanisms and skills you learned from your main to turn the tide of war!