How to Get a Law Passed in the United States

[minusonebit]

Follow these easy steps to get any absurd so-called safety device codified into a law requiring its use:

1. Figure out what you want to legislate. I.e. you want to force everyone to wear a seatbelt.

2. Search the media for reports of a child who died while not being subjected to the target device. Its much better when the child in question is dead, but if you are desperate, you can use a living one that was seriously fucked up.

3. If the child is dead, you have to get the parents on board. Get them to think that if they support your effort, they'll be honoring their child's memory. If the kid is maimed, you have to get the parents on board in which case you get to use the kid in your radio and TV spots. Have the kid implore people to support the effort.

4. Send a press release yammering about how the kid would have lived if only he was using this device. Find some favorable "scientific" studies that arrive at your desired conclusions, if none exist, find a researcher at some out of the way outpost who is desperate for cash and underpaid to whip up a favorable study.

5. Find some law maker desperate to score points (they are all desperate) and get him to introduce the law, preferably named after the child. Tell everyone how horrible it is and make the child relive the event over and over. Those tear-streaked red cheeks and watery eyes are priceless. No one votes against children's legislation out of fear as being labeled easy on crime, anti-kid, or whatever.

6. Everyone will trip over themselves trying to get the law passed - regardless of if anything has really been accomplished - perceptions are everything - everyone wants to be seen as being for kids and tough on crime.

This method of law making has been successfully applied to many instance, most notably Megan's Law and the Amber Alert program.



I am getting so tired of this goddamn motherfucking bullshit.

The most recent thing is MADD trying to make automakers include breathalysers interlocks on all cars. Thank you very fucking much, but no fucking thanks. First of all, I don't want to pay for it - even if it will save a few people's lives. Its not fucking worth it. Its not worth every motorist losing their rights so that a few drunks can be removed and a few kids saved. Drunks should be off the roads, but I shouldn't have to be stripped of my rights so we can get a few of them off the roads.

[baddog]

it will never happen