On Thursday, 17 March 2016 15:16:47 UTC+1, wrote:
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:59:29 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 3:45:59 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:

Ask the natives exactly HOW a telescope is going to make their FICTIONAL gods
angry? Are they always against learning new things? Reminds me of the Star
Trek ep. where the albinos were kept in ignorant fear of "Val."

Not all the Hawai'ians are in agreement on this. Many welcome the telescope.

As it happens, they _own_ the mountain, so that changes the issue a bit.

But basically the idea is that the mountain is sacred, and thus building
permanent structures on it is inappropriate.

There are environmental concerns too:

http://www.civilbeat.com/2015/04/doe...nmental-risks/

What if the mountain in question was in the US and owned by native Indians?

Where's the cavalry when you need them?

"Got to have a massacre or two... tra-la."