The State of Hawaii House of Representatives just killed SB958 which started as a ten year moratorium on genetically engineering Taro and just ended as amended, into a five year moratorium on Hawaiian varieties of Kalo, and a moratorium on the regulation of the genetic engineering of everything else. The House instead now has for its consideration SB1978 which provides for a three year moratorium on public urination and defecation in Honolulu.
Which poses the questions that shouldn't, yet have to be asked... why only three years, why only Honolulu and why only urination and defecation? What happens after the three year moratorium has expired? What about public urination and defecation in Kahului? And what about a moratorium on pandering, embezzlement and theft?
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