Hawaiians did not have throwing axes. The ranged weapons they favored were spears and the use of slings with rocks as projectiles was also prevalent.
The image pictured would be called a leiomano, although this is more of a modern take, and in function would not be thrown. It would be used as if it were a short-handled axe, with cutting and slicing motions to important areas of the body, but it was not thrown.
This is an excellent example of how traditional Polynesian culture continues to live on in one of many forms in contemporary society.
Coming from a Hawaiian background, I have a great appreciation for the heart and the mana the All Blacks put into their haka.
If you have ever wondered what Polynesian warfare looked like, just watch the team square off against their hapless opponents. It's truly awe-inspiring.
It's kind of saddening to see Neatorama readers attacking this article as being "Christian propaganda."
I don't see how a news story about this guy is any more than that. The article itself seems written from an outside point of view. It's not the reverend who's written this. I think the reason this was posted was because it had those frightening details.
Posts on Neatorama are varied enough where everyone finds something they can enjoy, but just because someone puts up a post that doesn't happen to match with the beliefs of others doesn't mean you should go and deride them and everything else to do with it.
Make your own decisions about life, but realize that other people don't have to experience the world according to some set standard.
I've been watching this video and talking with a friend (in the real world, not here). We've both come to agreement that, while this may or may not be cruel in correspondence with local animal cruelty prevention laws, as far as the video goes, we have no idea what happens to the squirrel.
No, we don't know if it's crippled. No, we have no idea if it lost an eye on the landing. No, we really don't have any proof that the squirrel is doing worse off than it was before it moved into position to be slung away from the house. From what I have heard, since I don't live anywhere near squirrels, they're pretty hardy creatures. I would imagine also that, being that squirrels usually live in trees or in places high above the ground that they would have some kind of sense of being able to fall and not get hurt.
I'm not going to say something like, "Grow up, hippy animal-rights-activist-types," but I will say that if you replaced the squirrel with something like a snake or a cockroach, no one would be saying anything.
In fact, I'd say people would be saying good riddance to the snake and cheering for the flying roaches. Anything that doesn't happen to be mammalian or bird-like seems to deserve the scorn of the world, just because we don't see them as being animals. Sure, someone's going to call me on the definition of "animal," but whatever.
It's just a video. Yes, it's real. No, it was not necessary to sling a squirrel off a patio. In the end, it's done. We can't do anything more about it.
"In other news, official tallies from this morning's election polls, just an hour old, were met with enthusiasm as the United States of America welcomed it's newest Commander-in-Chief, Hillary Clinton..."
Hard to believe some people are hung up over this. A whale shark may be called a whale shark for its size, but it's still a shark, not a whale. I understand how a lot of people feel horrible when they see whales being hunted, etc., but this is still a big fish, and human beings in ocean-harvesting cultures have been eating fish for thousands of years. At least it's better than straight sport fishing where they don't make use of what they've caught but to mount it on a wall.
This is certainly a heartening thing for me, being a Hawaiian (partial ancestry, full Hawaiians are very hard to come by these days). It tells me there are still some people hoping to make a difference for the Hawaiian people.
Still, I have to wonder how much of the utilities, or better yet, how much of everything, is actually covered by that $150.
The image pictured would be called a leiomano, although this is more of a modern take, and in function would not be thrown. It would be used as if it were a short-handled axe, with cutting and slicing motions to important areas of the body, but it was not thrown.
Then again, I suppose I'm not scared because I'm single.
Coming from a Hawaiian background, I have a great appreciation for the heart and the mana the All Blacks put into their haka.
If you have ever wondered what Polynesian warfare looked like, just watch the team square off against their hapless opponents. It's truly awe-inspiring.
I don't see how a news story about this guy is any more than that. The article itself seems written from an outside point of view. It's not the reverend who's written this. I think the reason this was posted was because it had those frightening details.
Posts on Neatorama are varied enough where everyone finds something they can enjoy, but just because someone puts up a post that doesn't happen to match with the beliefs of others doesn't mean you should go and deride them and everything else to do with it.
Make your own decisions about life, but realize that other people don't have to experience the world according to some set standard.
No, we don't know if it's crippled. No, we have no idea if it lost an eye on the landing. No, we really don't have any proof that the squirrel is doing worse off than it was before it moved into position to be slung away from the house. From what I have heard, since I don't live anywhere near squirrels, they're pretty hardy creatures. I would imagine also that, being that squirrels usually live in trees or in places high above the ground that they would have some kind of sense of being able to fall and not get hurt.
I'm not going to say something like, "Grow up, hippy animal-rights-activist-types," but I will say that if you replaced the squirrel with something like a snake or a cockroach, no one would be saying anything.
In fact, I'd say people would be saying good riddance to the snake and cheering for the flying roaches. Anything that doesn't happen to be mammalian or bird-like seems to deserve the scorn of the world, just because we don't see them as being animals. Sure, someone's going to call me on the definition of "animal," but whatever.
It's just a video. Yes, it's real. No, it was not necessary to sling a squirrel off a patio. In the end, it's done. We can't do anything more about it.
Smidgit, it's not your fault the image happens to look like an advertisement. People just need to look carefully!
Personally, I'd like to know how it tastes.
Still, I have to wonder how much of the utilities, or better yet, how much of everything, is actually covered by that $150.
I feel like I need to take a shower, gah.
Gotta wonder if he does specific training for the different obstacles in the courses. Any way you look at it, he's the man.