Why is it of great importance to probe God’s creation of the universe? To say that 7 billion inhabitants on Earth or Polynesian voyagers would benefit from the Thirty Meter Telescope is pure nonsense. A job at the TMT may mean sitting and looking into space for hours, weeks or months before anything significant happens. So boring and unhealthy.

Beware that foreign countries have vested interest in the TMT. We must pay heed to their intentions.

Gov. David Ige and Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim have done a commendable job in keeping peace at the mountain. Ige made a brilliant decision to hand over the reins to Kim for safety and police protection.

Ige knew well that Kim doesn’t have jurisdiction or authority over the National Guard and therefore avoided a massive confrontation. To bring peace and prevent physical violence, bloodshed or even death, TMT must be stopped ASAP.

Peter Aquino

Aiea

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