"As public outrage builds, politicians remain calm—they know (from long experience) that the public is easily appeased by naming still another hollow law after still another dead child."
examples "defense of marriage", "patriot act" on one hand- Title IX (equal access to sports), 766 (guaranteeing handicapped kids get an education)=>generalization, if there is a virtue in the name, it ain't in the law
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Date: 2011-07-13 12:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-13 12:34 pm (UTC)"As public outrage builds, politicians remain calm—they know (from long experience) that the public is easily appeased by naming still another hollow law after still another dead child."
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Date: 2011-07-13 03:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-07-14 12:51 am (UTC)naming laws or numbering laws
Date: 2011-07-14 02:08 am (UTC)Title IX (equal access to sports), 766 (guaranteeing handicapped kids get an education)=>generalization, if there is a virtue in the name, it ain't in the law