Need some help

[autumnluv143]

I am pretty much drawing a blank on a good idea and I have lots of highly intelligent resources through here that I may be able to ask help from.

I need to find a controversial law and write about it from one side or another. I write well when I'm agitated about something but, as of right now, I'm drawing a blank on laws that infuriate me or even annoy me. I know they're out there. But I just can't dig up a single one. It's like a 2 week long brain fart.

So, a call to help. What laws (especially here in Louisiana) annoy, infuriate, agitate or even empower you? I want something that there is an obvious (at least) 2 sides to that I can write passionately about. Passion (apparently) = A. This was demonstrated by my last paper.

Help! Please!

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[beccala.livejournal.com]

There's something my dad and I were talking about last night ... ya know the catch a predator stuff that they do on NBC or whatever? For the men out there that without NBC's intervention would never have actually acted on their thoughts and feelings, that the opportunity of having sex with an underage person would never have ever really presented itself ... how is that not entrapment?

I understand the men that are repeat offenders, but the point is, what about the ones that would have never actually acted on it?

I dunno if that fits what you're looking for but it led me to this question ...

When you, as an adult are talking to another adult pretending to be a child ... wouldn't you inherantly be more attracted to them? No matter how hard you try to dumb yourself down, you're going to have the additional years, wisdom, whatever to further entice this person you're talking to. I'd venture to say you'd be more attractive to them than actual 14 year olds.

Apparently, just the act of talking about something illegal online can bring charges against you. If that's true, that begs a very important question, at least for me ... Why haven't they started doing the same thing by going into chat rooms with consenting adults looking for people talking about anal sex? Isn't that still illegal in most jurisdictions? Wouldn't talking about that be just as illegal as talking to someone underage?

I know its a jump to make the connection from one to the other, but is it really?

[inconstantchaos.livejournal.com]

Entrapment does sound like a good direction.

[autumnluv.livejournal.com]

Entrapment is an issue in many cases, but to be honest, if the investigators were not there, those guys may have found another target. It's too wishy-washy a subject because the ones who don't have previous records, if they are showing up to have sex or had conversations about sexual acts with a 13-yr old, they either need jail or therapy anyway. Anything younger than 17 is mandated to be still a child. I can understand consentual sexual acts of 16 and up between a bf/gf but nothing else.

Thanks though hunny. Am I going to see you tomorrow night?

[inconstantchaos.livejournal.com]

Off topic, but the decorations nice.

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[wolfaugen.livejournal.com]

There's the entrapment one, or the abortion. You can approach it from the 'right to life' or the 'right to decide' angle. There is also the "what if she was raped, or the child/mother are at risk' angles.

[autumnluv.livejournal.com]

Actually, in the lines of abortion I was looking at stem cell research. I ran across a few words that did association in my head and led me there (thanks to inconstantchaos). I know my beliefs on abortion and everyone has their opinions as to why they believe that. Personally, I think that it's a woman's right to choose and no one should take that away from her, but I dont' believe in abortion myself. I dont' agree with it. Again, just because I don't agree with it for the million reasons I don't, I'm not getting ready to tell any other human being how to live their life.

Meh. Stem cell looks good. It's not as emotional a topic as those are.

My friends rock. I love you guys.

[wolfaugen.livejournal.com]

Love you too hon.

[inconstantchaos.livejournal.com]

I think I know the conversation you're referring to, but.. I'm sure you will fill me in later as to what linked abortion to it in your head. Assuming that was the link.

Regardless, Autumn, I hope I catch you before you run out of town.

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[autumnluv.livejournal.com]

No, it was the link you provided on MySpace. Some of the links on there led me to stem cell research.

And you will *smile* I will make sure of it.

[deb2some.livejournal.com]

Louisiana has weird inheritance laws!

Louisiana has some weird non-consent laws!

There are always the helmet laws, seat belt laws and smoking laws!

I have a friend in Seattle that loves writing congressmen, senators, and anyone else who listens! Want me to see if he will send me some of his views?

[autumnluv.livejournal.com]

I would but this paper is due tomorrow at noon. LOL. Procrastinator much? Smoking is a decent one but with every state going on board, there is no way to win that argument.

What non-consent laws are you talking about specifically? That one sounds interesting.

[slanderouspanic.livejournal.com]

The Patriot Act was signed into law six years ago today. It's one of the most controversial laws in US history.

There's also the Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007. Doing a paper on this would bring some attention to this important in-progress chunk of legislation.

[klfjoat.livejournal.com]

Liquor laws (no alcohol sale before 11 or whatever on sundays; no bars open on sundays)

X-zoning laws, and the fact that churches build in the middle of nowhere to ensure no x-zones are available in a county.

[autumnluv.livejournal.com]

Those liquore laws are specific to Baton Rouge. I go to school in New Orleans where there are very few (if any) big liquor laws.

[slanderouspanic.livejournal.com]

We actually just revoked the blue law the other day.