More than 20,000 people have been killed since the rebellion began in 1990. Not only was this action obviously much less extreme than Al-Faran's, it is now seen by some as beneficial to tourism. And at the time, tourists were curious about sovereignty, they wanted to know more about it, they wanted to be educated. So it really wasn't a negative. Pamphleteering has been a tradition since before the United States declared its own independence and the Nation of Hawaii utilized the practice to good effect.
Most independence movements view violence as a necessary means for achieving their objectives.
In contrast, as the Nation of Hawaii's leader, Kanahele has repeatedly stated his commitment to a peaceful resolution to the sovereignty question. For those of us who still wish to call ourselves citizens of the United States, the depiction of Kanahele as a dangerous extremist who needs to be jailed should be of serious concern. Serious enough to be able to call it the way we see it, regardless of what our personal opinion of Kanahele or the Nation of Hawaii might be. This is not the type of action I want my country to be taking.