Illinois governor nuts, according to various sources
We aren’t alone, the editors of The Daily Eastern News too think that the reasoning of the governor of Illinois is flawed in his thinking. Last month the governor refuted a law that would had dropped the minimum age for getting a tattoo from 21 to 18.
An 18-year-old can be drafted, vote and declare themselves as independent from his or her parents, but in Illinois, an 18-year-old cannot get a tattoo.
But thats not all, Bill Beckman the executive director of an illinois pro-life group in Chicago had this to say about the governor:
..why does the governor believe teenagers have the judgment and perspective to get an abortion? Which decision is more likely to be “a decision they’ll live with, and potentially regret, for the rest of their lives”? Why does Blagojevich oppose even parental notification before an underage girl can get an abortion?
September 5th, 2005 at 3:41 pm
That area of time between 18 and 21 doesn’t make any sense to me. The people who make the laws are old and have no respect for our younger adults. They can tax them like they were adults, kick them out on the streets like adults, send them to countries on the other side of the world so they can die and bleed like adults, but we won’t let them have rigths like adults.
If we don’t defend our rights the government will keep taking them away for stupid reasons. Once everything is enforced to the age of 21, the new magic number will be 25, like it is with insurance companies.
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:46 am
I believe that Blagojevich IS crazy. I also agree with those who say that we can make adult decisions and still arent treated as adults. I am still pissed at my govenor and his reasoning for not dropping the age.