Open the door, don't bust it down.

This is the second time I've seen "Busting Down the Door", and it's even better the second time around. Not only did the second time viewing put it into context for me, but I was able to better understand what exactly they were talking about. And what a trip! Reading the actual article Rabbit wrote in 1976, the same one that got him banned from the north shore and almost killed. Although I thought the article to be well written, i didn't seem to find anything in there that would make death threats and beatings of the sort a crime that fit his so-called punishment. But then I read "Haole Go Home" and was able to understand that the Austrialian/South African surfers represented much more than poor etiquette in and outside the water. They represented the years and years of oppression and changed the native Hawaiians faced through generations of turmoil and exhausted efforts to stay true to their ancestors and families. The Hawaiians gave and gave until people, such as the showy Australian and South Africans, began taking without asking or even being grateful for the opportunity to be there. It's something that rings true in my hometown, when our surfers are asked to share their waves, no one is happy.