// my gut says that the solution that was chosen was a poor one and a better alternative should have been searched for // Well, like anything which gets throug

// my gut says that the solution that was chosen was a poor one and a better alternative should have been searched for // Well, like anything which gets through a democratically-elected legislative body, its a compromise, which is to say, it makes everybody equally uncomfortable. I'm sure that many alternatives were proposed and debated. Since nobody seems to have a better suggestion, we can view this as an experiment. Perhaps looking at the various consequences of this will suggest better ways.