Read the Bible
Read the Bible
Regarding Dennis Chaquette’s letter to the editor (May 30, Tribune-Herald): God is Holy. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
It was His desire in the beginning that one man and one woman would bond together and create a family unit.
Mankind, in its disregard of God’s design, has chosen to create different styles of marriage. God has not changed His everlasting plan of one man and one woman.
Mr. Chaquette should read the Bible again.
Vernon King
Volcano
Politically incorrect?
I didn’t know there was such sensitivity attached to the use of the word “aloha.” I must apologize for using words such as “mahalo” and “aloha,” ignorant of the sanctity of these words for so many years. I shall stop doing so.
Likewise, I’ll stop using words such as “mauka” for “upslope” and “makai” for “downslope,” just in case I’m stepping on somebody’s tail, and I will cancel my subscriptions to any publication that has the audacity to publish cartoons depicting Kamehameha. After all, sacred is sacred.
Maybe I should take this resolution further. Maybe I’m being presumptuous assuming that as a non-Aryan I can wish somebody “Gesundheit!” after they sneeze, or as a gentile I can wish somebody good luck with “Mazel tov!”
Who knows how many worthy people’s feelings I have hurt through the years? I sincerely apologize.
Also, I’ll cease eating “aloha burgers” and quaffing Aloha Maid beverages, since the producers of these products are insensitive to the holiness of the local vernacular. In fact, I won’t even speak of these products again, and shall quietly warn my guests away from the blasphemous foodstuffs.
If this is the sort of world you want, I’ll be more than pleased to cooperate. O Holy, holy, holy!
Thomas L Munden
Kapaau
A sensible solution
I would like to thank Gov. Ige for providing a sensible solution to the telescope issue. I didn’t expect this kind of leadership from our state government.
His proposal takes into account the various stakeholders and provides a clear way forward. If his proposal is accepted, it would reduce the number of telescopes on the mountain, while allowing the Thirty Meter Telescope to be built.
It is clear, though, from their response, that the radical opposition to TMT will accept nothing less than getting their way, 100 percent. They will continue to throw their temper tantrums and try to intimidate anyone who opposes them.
I call on all the reasonable people of Hawaii — Hawaiians and others — to stand up and support the governor’s proposal.
Richard Solie
Keaau