Dear Localstateofmind, no one is "just a jerk". humans are products of our life experience including the values we are taught to uphold growing up in our society.

The point of my comment is to compare and contrast the values of traditional Hawaiian society in comparison to the values of western/American society. Hawaiians are taught to malama (nurture and sustain) the natural world because to do so insures the survival of our society. westerners and Americans are taught to rape, plunder, pillage, pollute and lay waste to nature in order to exploit natures resources for the wealth they can produce for the wealthy capitalist elite,

as to my "thinking to deeply", that is a part of my job as a Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom and a Policy and Strategy Advisor to the Kingdom. Those who govern have a duty and responsibility to "think deeply" about all matters that effect the people and the nation.

ponokeali'i
Minister of Information and
Policy and Strategy Advisor
to The Hawaiian Kingdom