The Oldest Trick in the Book #WowDickGordon

Walden Bello

How do you get a bill bringing down the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 12 passed in the Senate?

By proposing another bill to have it lowered to age 9, and making those who hold the line at 12 feel like they won a great victory for human rights and and allowing guys like Senator Gordon, who probably thought up the strategy in the first place, to pose as advocates of children’s rights.

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