True, looting and destruction are absolutely not necessary! The lives lost, sad and unfortunate!

As for the people's education...hmmm...interestingly enough, the so call "educated" only got their education becuase of the vision of the late King! If the monarchy was so bent on enslaving the people of Tonga, then how does one explain the last 40 years of economic growth, most phd per capita, ongoing soscial reforms of what used to be "taboo" in the culture.

It seems to me that greed of money and power are the prime directive of this movement. My experience tells me that when greed is in the mix, the fabric of violence is almost always the means of justifying the destruction of any society.