Talk:Hawaii County, Hawaii
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"Savage", POV?
Is the following, from "Hawaii County, Hawaii" a violation of NPOV, since it contains stereotypes?
- Captain James Cook...was killed on Hawai`i....No one who visits it in the present day need be afraid of sharing the fate of poor Captain Cook; for the descendants of the savages who, in his time, inhabited the island, have now, through the labours of Christian missionaries, become a very decent sort of quiet, well-behaved Christian people.
--Menchi 04:40 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)
- Yep, I have removed it. Mucho graciasTuf-Kat
Many thanks to Menchi for bringing this to attention. I removed:
- No one who visits it in the present day need be afraid of sharing the fate of poor Captain Cook; for the descendants of the savages who, in his time, inhabited the island, have now, through the labours of Christian missionaries, become a very decent sort of quiet, well-behaved Christian people.
Because, according to my POV, the fact that Hawaiians are quiet, well-behaved and Christian (apparently, absolutely all of them) is a bad thing. I think they should be louder, rowdier and adopt whichever religion (though preferably none) gives them peace of mind. My friend Racist Joe is still terrified of Hawaiians because he thinks they're cannibals. Tuf-Kat
I presume that quote was being ironic. It certainly gave me a laugh. Maybe we should create a special POV page for nutty but comic comments like this one. STÓD/ÉÍRE 05:11 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)