You&#x27;re right, there&#x27;s a lot to be said for growing one&#x27;s own culture by appropriating elements of other cultures that work.  &quot;Free riding&quot; on Western culture is exactly what the Hawaiians should be doing in this instance.  Instead they&#x27;ve chosen to shove a potato up the exhaust pipe, and nobody gets to ride.<p>It&#x27;s pretty ironic of you to cite Muslim and Egyptian cultures in defense of your own point.  What have they done for us in the <i>last</i> 500 years?  How long are they going to &quot;free ride,&quot; as you put it?