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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 16 2019, @10:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can't-lie-in-front-of-the-bulldozer-indefinitely dept.

Hawaii Protesters Block Access Road To Stop Construction Of Massive Telescope

About 300 demonstrators are trying to halt construction on the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope, developers of which are supposed to break ground on Hawaii's Big Island this week. Before the sun came up on the summit of Mauna Kea, the island's tallest mountain, a group of about half a dozen protesters chained themselves to a grate in the road at the base of the dormant volcano in an attempt to block workers from accessing the only paved road onto the what they say is a sacred site.

Imai Winchester, a teacher from Oahu who was among the protesters chained to the road, said he arrived at about 3 a.m. local time. "A handful of us committed ourselves to this action to bring light to the situation here," Winchester told KHON. The goal of the civil disobedience, he said, is to inform people about the "desecration of our lands, the failure of the state and its agencies to properly manage something that is important." He added that he expected to be arrested for the nonviolent protest but that it is the group's "burden as well as our privilege to show our children and the rest of the world how much we love our land."

Daniel Meisenzahl, a spokesman for the University of Hawaii, a member of the international partnership of scientists behind the telescope, said it is unclear if the protest has delayed construction convoys.

Previously: Divisive Giant Telescope Cleared for Construction on Hawaiian Peak


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 16 2019, @12:22PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 16 2019, @12:22PM (#867512)

    I've seen that movie [imdb.com]. It was okay, but then, I was in the mood for a chic flick at the time.

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday July 16 2019, @05:24PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 16 2019, @05:24PM (#867618) Journal

    You are thinking of the wrong movie. See this one [imdb.com] instead.

    A bunch of primitive savages are trying to block a corporation that wants to strip mine their planet for valuable unobtainium in exchange for providing education and medicine.

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    People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.