• Fahrenheit 9/11 • KIUC spending • Agrees with Saker Fahrenheit 9/11 Recently I called the Kilauea Theater to find out times for Fahrenheit 9/11. I was shocked to hear a message from the manager/owner requesting that people stop threatening
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• KIUC spending
• Agrees with Saker
Fahrenheit 9/11
Recently I called the Kilauea Theater to find out times for Fahrenheit 9/11. I was shocked to hear a message from the manager/owner requesting that people stop threatening him with phone and email threats for showing the film. It was a sad moment for me to witness the bright light of the Aloha spirit darkened with warnings more in keeping with terrorists in Iraq or Afghanistan rather than on our Garden Isle.
Fahrenheit 9/11 may be a dissenting view of America, but it is not un-American. Dissent is a natural function of a free society, the kind of society that Al Qaeda wants to destroy. Threatening one’s constitutional right to present opposing political views is un-American. Thomas Jefferson, himself, a quintessential patriot, and framer of our constitution, said that “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
Those who threatened the owner of the Kilauea Theater unknowingly are aligning themselves with the very terrorism that we want to eliminate. Terrorism bats from both right, left, and center. It can take many guises, whether in the form of a bearded Muslim fanatic, a man in a brown shirt with a swastika, or, unfortunately, an American citizen. When anyone threatens someone else because they don’t agree with their political views…that is terrorism. People need to vent and let their voices be heard without the threat of physical retribution, whether it be Michael Moore, Rush Limbaugh, or the writer of this letter.
In conclusion, perhaps the best way to formulate an opinion about Fahrenheit 9/11 is to see it yourself and determine for yourself if anything resonates with your own perceptions of the Truth.
Richard Moll (Diamond)
Kapa‘a
KIUC spending
Letters by Kris Van Dahm (TGI 7/13) and Ray Chuan (TGI 7/14) have raised questions about KIUC’s continuing high rates for electricity. A major problem is that KIUC has never stopped operating as if it is a private corporation. It maintains positions that are not needed by a co-operative.
Spending money on expensive advertising when there is no competitor raises questions. Further suspicion results from the political and charitable contributions KIUC makes without the consent of its owners, the shareholders. The design and printing of fancy flyers and calendars spends our profits and serves no utility purpose. We should cut this corporate style management and begin to spend this money developing non-fossil fuel energy sources to lower our costs and save our environment.
Fred Wells
Kapa‘a
Agrees with Saker
I couldn’t agree more with Dr. Peter Saker, in his letter to the Forum, July 15th.
“The bigger the lie the more people believe it.” I believed the lies told by George W. Bush about our reasons for going to war with Iraq.
How stupid of me!
Kay Obloy
Wailua
