King Day parade grousing was unbecoming
Advertiser
columnist David
Shapiro has an excellent
piece
today responding to the letters by David Rosen and Thurston Twigg-Smith
criticizing the Martin Luther King, Jr.
parade for also honoring
Queen
Liliu`okalani.
"It was disappointing to see this
year's event soured by the carping of anti-Hawaiian zealots over the inclusion
of Queen Lili'uokalani as an honoree along with King. The 2005 King holiday fell
on the 112th anniversary of Lili'uokalani's overthrow as Hawai'i's last monarch.
Parade organizers thought it appropriate to recognize that she, like King, is a
symbol of freedom to her
people."Although
of course I don't support federal recognition, Shapiro also makes a nice jab in
pointing out Twiggy's double standard of opposing the Akaka bill after profiting
handsomely from federal protection for his newspaper (even better being the very
paper in which today's column appears).
Ouch.Here's the bottom
line:"There
is no doubt as to which side Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been on in
the Hawaiians' struggle for
self-determination."But
go
read the whole column.
Posted: Wed - February 2, 2005 at 07:55 AM