greed knows noboundries.

--- Mike Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I believe it, Linda.  As one who knows church
> history would attest, the
> Crusades were motivated more by greed then by
> "heathen" conversions.  The
> crusaders killed orthodox Christians who were
> dressed differently then what
> the crusaders thought.  Unfortunately, there will
> always be those who will
> give in to covetousness.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Linda Walker
> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 3:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: was :from Heather re: my request now
> telling about my pearl
> harbor medal
>
> ---<Snipped>---
>
> One of the people I met told me the most amazing
> story about his ancestry
> and what the missionaries did to his family (ohana
> in Hawaiian). There was
> a fight over property which his family owned
> Hawaiian style which means
> they cared for it through the matriarchy as his
> great great grnadmother was
> of royal lineage.  The missionaries wanted it and
> his family would not go
> along with it and so the misisonaries and some newly
> Christian Hawaiians
> simply took it and passed a law that their last name
> was kapu. That means
> they had no right to use it and no one could sspeak
> their name. Can you
> imagine taking away someones family identity that
> way? I wish I could spell
> it Kealokakua or something like that but anyhow it
> has been put on the
> freeway signs just since I've lived here in the last
> year. It used to say
> Barbers Point and now it says Barbers
> Point/Kealokakua (sp?) He was telling
> me this story as we were driving on the freeway
> through this land which has
> only recenlty been reopened to the public.
> I collect czech glass and bought some for myself as
> a birthday present,
> even though my birthday was this summer. I'll lkeep
> you in mind when I am
> poking around.
>
> All the best,
>
> Linda
>


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