Government and Big Business are once again melding to advance their agenda.
Police in the Cincinnati suburb of West Chester are urging hotels not to rent rooms to anybody under the age of 21.
Why is this so bad? Because the age of majority is 18 - not 21. In other words, the cops' order represents a bias against adults. If they said not to rent to those under 18, I'd let it go. But they said 21, not 18.
Once you're 18, you're an adult. End of discussion.
What's worse is that the "no rights for anybody" crowd is exploiting a terrible tragedy to justify this order. But the point remains: To compare a minor's behavior with that of adults is a false comparison. Adulthood is supposed to bring responsibility. Once a person turns 18, the bulk of life's responsibilities are theirs alone. Police and businesses can't be expected to micromanage adults' conduct.
Yet they do. Several inns in West Chester say they already refuse to rent to adults under 21.
As heartbreaking as the tragedy in question was, excessively policing what adults do accomplishes nothing.
(Source: http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story/Local-Hotels-Warned-Not-To-Rent-To-Underage/SE5r_bbla0i1LZ7BtUggHg.cspx)
Friday, April 9, 2010
Cops tell hotels not to rent to adults
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Perhaps youths have poured soda in the hotels' televisions or ruined other things in the rooms. I even know of adults who do such things. See how it just ruins it for everyone? Don't for get the poor working class employee that has to clean up the messes caused.
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