re: #751 freetoken

Your point about politicians raising issues and submitting bills or passing laws, which in the end they know will get overturned, but nevertheless are done for show… is well taken. Playing the victim card is a useful tactic anywhere on the ideologically spectrum. Humans are built to give sympathy, and worldly-wise politicians know that.

I once owned a stereo store and opposed a new law that stated if you could hear a car stereo at 25 feet, you’d be charged with a misdemeanor and fined a $100. I played Kate Smith singing God Bless America on a tiny pocket tape recorder to show it could be heard in a quite environment from 100 feet and pointed out there were laws on the books for disturbing the peace to cover the issue more fairly.
After spending a lot of time fighting the law, I decided a court test would be needed once it passed. I was quietly informed that no one would be cited under the new law since they knew it would fail. That was 12 years ago, and still no test.
It was a great civics lesson for the kids helping me fight the law. We learned the law was going to be passed no matter the facts presented, then learned it was just a political ploy to earn points.