Saturday, October 14, 2006

Secession For Hawaiians

Senator Akaka's bill basically sets up a scenario that would allow Hawaii, or at least portions of it, to secede from the American union. Now I know some might start to fret over this idea, but let's think about this for a minute. What was the Declaration of Independence but a document justifying the right of secession of the separate American colonies from the British Empire? In truth, didn't the states, acting individually, secede from the Articles of Confederation, and over a period of several years accede to the union under the U.S. Constitution? (Not many think about this, but it's true.) What about this being "the land of the free?" The founders insisted on protecting the right of property, because they believed that if a person didn't have the right to own property, and to be secure in their ownership of that property, they weren't truly free. With that in mind, wouldn't the native Hawaiians have a right to take their property and "leave the party" if they weren't "having fun" any more? Read all of Jeff Adams piece

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