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[xsarien]

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/10/14/hawaii.walmart.ap/index.html

HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) -- Wal-Mart opened a store in Hawaii on Wednesday with hundreds of eager shoppers rushing past a handful of protesters who accuse the giant retailer of desecrating ancient gravesites.

Customers lined up hours ahead and then poured into the discount store after a traditional Hawaiian blessing and the untying of a lei at the main doors.

Native Hawaiian groups had tried to stop the opening until 44 remains of Hawaiians unearthed during construction could be reburied at the Wal-Mart site.

What's sick is that with a little tweaking, this may have been one of the best Onion articles ever written.

 

[bjork]

Well, there goes Hawaii's economy.

 

[Escape Goat]

Its not as if they had grown that attached to the land.

 

[Phoenix]

'C'mon you're going to save so much money - so what if we desecrate a few graves'
-Walmart

 

[DarienA]

Well that about wraps it up for Hawaii... <incoming poltergeist attack in 5....4...3...>

 

[FoneBone]

DON'T GO INTO THE LIGHT, CAROL ANNE!

 

[ChrisReid]

Wal-Mart spokeswoman Cynthia Lin said the retailer is treating the Hawaiian remains with respect, placing them "in an air-conditioned, darkened trailer in a secure location on the site." State approval is needed to rebury them on the site, she said.

So is this that big of a deal? Doesn't sound like they just built over them or anything.