There’s two sides to GMO debate
There are two sides to the genetically modified organisms controversy, and unfortunately most of what we hear is coming from extremists. First, we need to separate the corporate greed issue from the science. The fact that Monsanto and other corporations have predatory practices has nothing to do with the underlying science. So ignore corporate-funded research because it’s directed at profitability.
On the other hand, we have anti-GMO zealots who grasp at any factoid that supports their feelings about GMO no matter how outdated. The zealots can usually be detected when they use GMO and toxic as one word. Likewise, ignore decisions made by Legislatures responding to public emotion rather than science.
Yes, science is not always consistent. The whole point of science is to find the best information based on what we can observe today. Better techniques will result in better information. Do not dismiss today’s science because it contradicts observations made in the past. If you want never changing rules, stick to religion; afterall it was misused to justify cruelty, slavery and racism for thousands of years.
Ken Obenski
Kaohe
Wake up, gov, and clean up our island
Politicians wake up.
After just returning from my daily walk along Alii Drive I cannot begin to tell you how very sick I am of our governor and all the other politicians that have only one thing on their minds and it’s not the aina or the people of Hawaii.
In a 2-mile stretch at the new park across from Magic Sands Beach there is a homeless camp — umbrella and all and at the next park, Pahoehoe, just a few steps up on the other side of the street, what do I see but another homeless hotel — hammock and all in the trees.
Just a couple days prior, our friends visiting from the mainland asked us about our homeless and drug problem because they saw five guys at Banyan’s around a spoon melting something and the list goes on and on and on.
Gov. Neil Ambercrombie, go for a walk sometime over our way. One day I would love to see the headline in the newspaper say “Governor helping alleviate the homeless and drug problems” on our gorgeous island.
Joani Duncan
Kailua-Kona