Yeah it’s a pretty weird standard. Look how many migrants die in the Mediterranean every week and people have no issue swimming there.
Certainly if you have a trip to Maui booked in the next few months you should consider cancelling, but if you were there when this happened then I don’t really see the issue
This is just how some people respond to grief. There is a comfort in anger, in having a target for the pain grief inflicts on us. The tourists are there, and choosing to see their behavior as disrespectful is a way to focus on something besides the desolation. It’s not the best coping mechanism but I understand it.
I get that what they have been through is awful, but what are people supposed to do? Twiddle their thumbs while waiting for a flight home?
I also guarantee there are kama’aina and even kanaka enjoying the water as well.
Yeah it’s a pretty weird standard. Look how many migrants die in the Mediterranean every week and people have no issue swimming there.
Certainly if you have a trip to Maui booked in the next few months you should consider cancelling, but if you were there when this happened then I don’t really see the issue
This is just how some people respond to grief. There is a comfort in anger, in having a target for the pain grief inflicts on us. The tourists are there, and choosing to see their behavior as disrespectful is a way to focus on something besides the desolation. It’s not the best coping mechanism but I understand it.