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What kind of a sick fk does something like this to an innocent defenseless animal. He should never be allowed to own an animal of any kind, and if he has one it needs to be taken away. Lock him up!

The best part is how his business could be affected - Seattle has a low tolerance for this kind of toxic bullshit! AND bless the Mayor of Maui for planning to prosecute to the absolute fullest extent possible!

Sadly it yet again illustrates, that the laws protecting wildlife and the environment are pathetically weak and inadequate Punishment is left to private individuals As the public yet again is let down by justice systems

I saw a slow motion of the video, the rock lands in the water just in front of her face. She does some panicked splashing, but it looked like it missed her. Thank fuck. It was a really big and jagged rock, it probably would have killed her. What a total waste of life that guy is.

Pulling that shit with a Hawaiian monk seal and in *Lahaina* yeah I’m surprised there wasn’t a line of people to kick his ass along the road. (Not that we’d condone that sort of thing, as the Mayor said…) Fine him, jail him, send him home in cheapest economy, then ban his ass permanently.

He deserved his fine and I am not surprised that he is no longer welcome there. Harming nature on purpose and for no good reason is a special kind of stupid. He should stay at home and not bother any other places with his weird travelling ideas.

This is what the rich think... "I'm rich, I'll just pay" so it's becomes just a tax to be able to do it. They need to have jail time so they can be taught that this is not allowed. Sadly, the courts have not been wanting to do that.

"Meanwhile, an unidentified gentleman begins wailing on him." I appreciate the writer's sentiments creeping in. Also, I don't think I've ever seen someone make "mahalo" sound so much like, "I hate that motherfucker and I hope a shark eats him."

He's from a town in my state. His business details have already been posted online. I predict he won't be "rich" for long and the fine will be the least of the financial implications for him.

The important thing is that Lani is okay. 🌺 The video links in the Surfer piece only work if you have Instagram. Which is okay, I don't actually need to see someone mysteriously falling repeatedly while people try to catch him... Jail instead of a fine, for sure.

It's not satisfactory though unless they maimed him or blinded him so he can never see to throw a rock again or be able to pick up a rock again with his hands. We really need to bring back some good old fashioned brutal punishment on these rich entitled as*holes.

I'm from the mainland and when I visited Hawaii recently I wanted to fuck up the parents of a toddler who was allowed to touch the shell of a sunning sea turtle. I can't imagine what a would have done to this douche nozzle.

As someone who lives in a tourist town, I need a picture of the guy that threw the punches to hang over my doorway like an image of Christ

Born and raised in Hawaii and I will say - do not fuck with monk seals or the locals. Visitors think it's paradise, and it is gorgeous. But it's also an island that's been fucked with by outsiders a LOT. FAFO lives there alongside the aloha.

It’s about the last place on earth you should mess with the locals or the environment… and as long as you don’t do that it’s generally the best place on earth.

Lived there long enough to know. Slight twist. Lived on beaches half my life. Beach justice is a thing too. It’s fun and games until you make a mess out of the order, kick sand, jump turn on a wave. IYKYK. If not, you’ll learn the hard way. Love the Hawaiians coz they love natural order.

Your observation about how they have lost almost all the battles but not the war, sadly true. Their heritage & history register the names of those who fight the good fight. They endure. If they like you & you’re not in their registry, consider yourself lucky. I wish I hadn’t left. Salt of the earth.

I’m not saying he wasn’t a very punch able guy. Just that once mob rule is a thing, it’s a thing. Also things can get out of hand.

He could care less about the fine. As we are currently witnessing, he and his ilk-the rich & well connected-who buy their way out of anything. Like the cruel people who abuse helpless animals, they only get a slap on the wrist. Time to impose jail time for these predators

Ofc he had it coming, but you also have to remember this is Hawaii where somebody would have done that to a white guy (or any haole) for the colonization and genocide alone

In general, my opinion is: if some rich clown displays the idea they may do any idiotic stuff like this, because they are rich and can afford the fine, they need to be fined twice. One for the deed and one for the attitude. The extra fine can be given to some good environmental protection thing.

What a dick. Who attacks a monk seal? They are just cool, chill buddies that hang out. When we were on Kauai, people had put up a makeshift stick fence to tell everyone to give the seal its space (see pic below). That man deserved that beating and more.

Permanent banishment from Hawaii also seems fitting. Even if that doesn’t happen, he’d likely get a welcoming party if he dared set foot in the islands again.

When I was a little kid my dad was an emergency room doctor on the big island. I learned how to read an x-ray around 3 or 4 when he showed me one of a skull and pointed out the lines that were supposed to be there.

Local news outlets reading copy that says "allegedly this guy threw a rock at Lani". Joe Moore, veteran news anchor, said "there's nothing 'allegedly' about it. We all saw that guy throw a rock at Lani."

They call them fines because if you can afford to pay them, whatever you did was fine. Financial penalties should be proportional to wealth or the rich just see them as a price tag in the crime store.

Yes that would have been the ideal resolution but it appears humans have picked up the mantle quite well If the seals and orcas could get along they could really work to get revenge on the rich humans in attacking yachts and beach abusers