Hawaii, pay attention to abortion battle
Within the last few weeks, a law took a major turn in two states; Alabama and Georgia. The abortion law as we have here is that it is legal. By now, you may have heard, as for these two states, those laws have been flipped and have been made illegal. Why, you may ask? Words and sayings, for example, “Abortion is murder”; things that are based off belief and opinion.
However, what we don’t realize is, facts do not care about your opinion. Whether you are for or against abortion, it should never be completely banned, just to a certain extent. In other words, people don’t just abort because they’re “not ready.” There are other reasons such as health issues.
For most people, this may just be a law. Although, behind these laws are other laws such as, if the sexual act has begun, consent can’t be withdrawn. This is where amendment on women’s rights ties in.
Today we are going backwards into history and undoing all our people have worked for. How does this affect Hawaii, you may ask? As we know, we are apart of the United States of America, therefore, if enough states overrule Roe v Wade, this may become a matter of the president, that saying, it may affect us in the near future.
Isabella Bateman, Eleele
Crackdown needed on drivers
I’m still waiting for my official Kauai “Get Out of Jail Free” card.
I’ve lived on Kauai for 18 years now, and I think I’ve earned my card, too. I want to be able to drive an uninspected, unregistered, and uninsured lifted diesel pickup with an illegal modified exhaust system that can be heard from 10 miles away.
I also want to put dark tint over my license plates so only people with X-ray vision can read it from nine inches away. Yeah, I want to get away with drunken driving, road rage bullying, speeding, and illegal parking without anyone being able to identify me.
I’m also ready to install a sound system in my truck that has a sub-woofer loud enough to wake up people in New Zealand. So how about it, Kauai DMV? When can I expect this little card in the mail?
Seriously, every other driver in my neighborhood must have one. The speed limit on my street is 20 MPH, and every morning people are doing at least 50 MPH past my house. Not a cop in sight. A little attention junkie down the street decided his truck exhaust wasn’t loud enough, so a few months ago he installed a whistle in it!
The only ticket I’ve ever seen issued in my neighborhood was the one I found on my windshield one morning. Even though my truck was off the road, in my own driveway, it was facing the wrong way.
Seriously, no tickets for blocking the sidewalks, missing registration and safety check stickers, obscured license plates (sometimes no license plates) illegal exhaust systems and window rattling stereo systems.
Wow, I really want my little yellow “Get Out of Jail” Free card!
Tom Cheney, Eleele
Isabella, you are right to be concerned, but you may want to pause and ponder this. Let’s say the ultimate authority, God or Science depending on your belief system, finds that abortion is definitely MURDER at Conception, or say at 18 months. What would you do? If it’s God that you believe, then abortion is probably murder at any time after Conception. If it’s Science you believe in over all else, the question becomes, “When does life begin”? It’s interesting to note that if a bacteria is found on a rock on Mars the headline is “Life discovered on Mars!” That being said, since Roe V. Wade “Science” has found that brain waves begin, pain is felt, and awareness is advanced at a much earlier point in time during a pregnancy than we knew a few decades ago. Of course the heart is beating at a much earlier time than that. Most avid abortion advocates base their decision on this possible “murder” as being OK at “any time, any where, for any reason”. Even if the only thing inside the womb at birth is a foot, head or arm! Just kill it because the Mother and Doctor agree that “murder” is just fine. It’s a strange and diabolical world we live in Isabella. Seems to me “Good vs. Evil” is alive and well, and increasing it’s velocity in this mixed up and crazy world we’ve created for ourselves. May God or Science help us!!
Interesting , gordo , a male, addresses this argument. Then uses a construct to justify his argument. Question gordo , how many kids have you given birth too?
Hey Gordon, which part of the Bible are you referencing for your statement that God thinks abortion is murder? From what I’ve read, they actually were OK with it until the first breath.
I too am waiting for my yellow “Get Out Of Jail” free card too. I want to take up 2 stalls too like all these trucks. I was wondering what kind of permit or card was needed so that I too can park like that.
Mr. Tom, I am right there with you! There are just too many trucks with loud exhausts that somehow pass safety checks! Who are they going to? I would like to go to those guys, too! It’s all a big racket anyway! Hawaii is just one big illegal out of sight from the mainland scam artists dreamland!
Welcome to the Ghetto!
Tom, you should submit this as a guest column so more prople read it—especially the police chief and state vehicle inspection people. After spending literally hours trying to find someplace still willing to do an inspection—with a late model SUV in excellent condition—I got rejected because of a slightly worn wiper blade…on the pax side! What a farce. The State’s paperwork is so burdensome and their rules so ridiculous no one wants to inspect anymore. You need an appointment just to wait in line for an hour, and earplugs to get some sleep since they don’t enforce the noise statutes anyhow. They don’t have anyway to measure noise (decibel meters) so it’s up to their discretion…..and you know how that goes, Cuz. Same for the cops.
Go to Western Auto in Hanapepe. All they do is check your lights, signals, and horn, and you’re good to go.