Comments on: Memorial Day 2008 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/ Digging my way out of the clutter Tue, 22 May 2012 04:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: skeet http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-75126 skeet Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:41:44 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-75126 That's a terribly genrality to brand us all with, Dave. Yes there are clashes between military folks and locals. There are clashes between military and other military, locals and other locals. Human nature is the same here as it is anywhere else. There are more folks here getting along than there are expressing hostility. Pretty amazing when you consider how many cultures make up the local population and that there are a lot of service members mingling with the local population. I'm a haole living amongst the most densly Hawaiian population left in these islands, but with Filipino, Tahitian, Samoan and Japanese neighbors, some military but mostly civilian. Black, white and varying shades of brown, with uniforms or without, we get along just fine. We like and respect each other. I'm sorry if you've had a bad experience that has shaped your viewpoint. Check out a real neighborhood like mine and you might see things differently. That’s a terribly genrality to brand us all with, Dave. Yes there are clashes between military folks and locals. There are clashes between military and other military, locals and other locals. Human nature is the same here as it is anywhere else. There are more folks here getting along than there are expressing hostility. Pretty amazing when you consider how many cultures make up the local population and that there are a lot of service members mingling with the local population. I’m a haole living amongst the most densly Hawaiian population left in these islands, but with Filipino, Tahitian, Samoan and Japanese neighbors, some military but mostly civilian. Black, white and varying shades of brown, with uniforms or without, we get along just fine. We like and respect each other. I’m sorry if you’ve had a bad experience that has shaped your viewpoint. Check out a real neighborhood like mine and you might see things differently.

]]> By: skeet http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-75124 skeet Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:30:13 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-75124 Holly, we do Memorial Day as a pretty big thing. We remember those who died at Pearl Harbor, and the thousands of others who rest here from so amny terrible conflicts over the years. There are many military bases on the island, so there are many service members who ended up here. Holly, we do Memorial Day as a pretty big thing. We remember those who died at Pearl Harbor, and the thousands of others who rest here from so amny terrible conflicts over the years. There are many military bases on the island, so there are many service members who ended up here.

]]> By: skeet http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-75123 skeet Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:27:50 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-75123 The lantern picture is from the website that sponsors the event, Whim. But you're right - it's breathtaking! The lantern picture is from the website that sponsors the event, Whim. But you’re right - it’s breathtaking!

]]> By: Dave http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-75114 Dave Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:30:50 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-75114 Oahu cares more about its dead soldiers than the ones that are alive. There are always clashes with the locals and the soldiers. Oahu cares more about its dead soldiers than the ones that are alive. There are always clashes with the locals and the soldiers.

]]> By: Holly http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-74329 Holly Fri, 30 May 2008 13:44:48 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-74329 Wow! All of those pictures are amazing and well taken. Thanks for sharing. We don't do too much around my area for memorial day. The local clubs do a few things but nothing major. I kinda wish they did. Wow! All of those pictures are amazing and well taken. Thanks for sharing.

We don’t do too much around my area for memorial day. The local clubs do a few things but nothing major. I kinda wish they did.

]]> By: Whim http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-73711 Whim Wed, 28 May 2008 04:25:34 +0000 http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/2008/05/27/memorial-day-2008/#comment-73711 Thi picture of the floating lanterns at Ala Moana Beach is simply breathtaking. Thi picture of the floating lanterns at Ala Moana Beach is simply breathtaking.

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