Last night I read an article regarding a lawsuit by native Hawaiians making a claim along the lines that all land still owned by the State should belong to the Native Hawaiians since it was seized from them/the Kingdom of when the Kingdom was overthrown by some over zealous Americans.
The American Government apologized to the Hawaiians and they are using this apology to push their claims. Essentially the claim is that the land was theirs and it was stolen from them. This is a common claim that for centuries meant nothing, only in our self righteous do no wrong times would such a claim even exist. Ask the American Indians.
Following the logic of 'the land was mine and you took it so give it back' where would you stop. The first location that comes to mind is Isreal. The Palestinians 'owned' the land in and around Isreal for centuries prior to WW II and the creation of Isreal. Shouldn't the Palestinians have the right to claim their land from Isreal and I don't mean just the land seized during wars? If the Huns or Mongols drove you from your native lands in Asia or Europe can you sue to get them back from the current residents?
The former lands of Yugoslavia had a lot of displacement recently, Russia has moved entire groups around, perhaps they should sue in a US Court since we seem to make it a habit of extending our laws beyond our borders regularly.
Why aren't the Hawaiians simply suing to have the Kingdom restored and the US presence removed? I seem to remember there being a couple of groups who want this and based on the claims in the lawsuit it seems only logical to support them - hello 49 states. Imagine the stimulus of everyone having to buy new flags.
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