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Enough with the girls' names on laws, he says
By adamg on Fri, 03/31/2006 - 5:41pm
Chris Cagle wonders about the recent spate of laws named after young girls, such as Nicole's Law, which mandates the use of carbon-monoxide alarms effective today:
... It's never Mark's Law or even Patricia's or Linda's Law. ... I think the legislature should drop the flair for melodrama and go back to naming things stuff like the Carbon Monoxide Detector Residential Requirement Act.
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It's a cheap sympathy ploy.
It's a cheap sympathy ploy. Having gotten as much mileage as they can out of "IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN" they're now naming laws for a specific child to put a face on it.
I really wish people would start recognizing "IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN" and its variants for the cheap tactic they are. But *Barbie hair flip* *raises voice a register* Critical Thinking Is Hard.
Girl's names on laws...
Still waiting for Mary Jo's Law.