Should Tiki Central be stripped of any hawaiiana discussions? - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Jan 24, 2009 8:51 PM On 2009-01-24 20:09, Toshi wrote: ...personally I thought it was a rude question for him to ask me. WHY am I constantly misinterpreted as being rude? It was a very simple question, about your statement "... it's a reason I don't really care for the tiki pop culture...." motivated by the fact that this website is PRIMARILY about Polynesian POP CULTURE, not about "10,000 years of native arts, dancing, and the culture..." --which, as Sabu noted, does come to play here too, (as seen in the links I posted here earlier), but not primarily. I myself have often stated the importance of considering original Oceanic Art (and have been denounced as a "Puritan" for that here), and posted at least two or three threads about some of the great Oceanic Art collections in European museums. But I do not come to this website to find info about it. That's why I asked.

On 2009-01-24 20:09, Toshi wrote:
...personally I thought it was a rude question for him to ask me.

WHY am I constantly misinterpreted as being rude? It was a very simple question, about your statement

"... it's a reason I don't really care for the tiki pop culture...."

motivated by the fact that this website is PRIMARILY about Polynesian POP CULTURE, not about

"10,000 years of native arts, dancing, and the culture..."

--which, as Sabu noted, does come to play here too, (as seen in the links I posted here earlier), but not primarily. I myself have often stated the importance of considering original Oceanic Art (and have been denounced as a "Puritan" for that here), and posted at least two or three threads about some of the great Oceanic Art collections in European museums. But I do not come to this website to find info about it. That's why I asked.

Post #430488 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jan 24, 2009 8:51 PM