你是无知的 -- You Are Ignorant

In an STV interview this morning, Jacob Agertoft from the beautiful area Fjällbacka complained of a Chinese visitor boom, and how they were "different"... Marie Linde of the West Sweden Tourist Board (Turistrådet Västsverige) was more forgiving, with some solutions.

But each overlooked the fact that Swedish and other foreign tourists visiting China may be equally disruptive, ignorant & locally obnoxious.

IF YOU like adventurous travel - Kindness to Tourists is important!

Plundering "Discovered" Nations

Doing genealogy & seeing much hānai (Hawaiians adopting) over the past 200 years.

Hawai'i's informal interrelationships reinforce our lāhui ʻōiwi, with community inheritance distinct from that of stereotypical Yankee nuclear families and their inheritance formats.

Hawaiian lands & seas are inherited from grandparents and beyond.
Yankee claims racism, yet it's our inheritance (simply - Yankee don't like it).

Stay Away! AirHelp sucks

AirHelp Inc. is a service & legal firm which supposedly helps you collect compensation from the airlines  when you face long delays or cancelled flights. I suggest you waste no time or energy with the AirHelp jerkoffs -- AVOID

I deeply believe I was deliberately cheated by AirHelp. Worse, their response time replying to concerns is horrible - often no response at all.

I received a letter pushing my case to their legal team at no extra cost, but was later assessed 50% -- and six months since being told "We've Won!" I've received nothing. 

This company banks on lazy people who don't follow-up when ill-served - it's their basic business model.

AVOID. 

Girls Play

Progress achieved is easily forgotten - we acclimate to new reality. Title IX (1972) is helping millions more US women to enjoy sports. Following 29 pages for men, here's the single page for women's sport at the University of Hawaii, Manoa (1928)... ugh!

- ignore no more -

I've taught place marketing for many years, focusing on the question "Why Live Where?" Hawaii appeals for many reasons. Sadly, this means native Hawaiian people need to confront displacement strategies.

Uninvited intruders aggressively seek to displace Hawaiians from native lands.

On the continent, America's invaders slaughtered indigenous people, stole land and wealth, and still actively humiliate native redskins (displacement strategies continue) - ignore no more.

Ridicule corrodes & replaces the protections of cultural significance.

The dazzling USA is built upon displace-replace, ethnic cleansing, and denigrating native cultures. Support reconciliation please -- ignore no more.

We are actively developing indigenous inheritance mechanisms to avoid further violence:
American Reconciliation Council (ARC) & Aloha-ARC
Let's reach out and promote community healing!