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- From: altinbay@netcom.com (John Altinbay)
- Subject: Re: Change in enforcement policy. (was Re: new law)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.031852.22013@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <13758@optilink.COM> <44033@zygot.ati.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:18:52 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <44033@zygot.ati.com> john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes:
- >In article <13758@optilink.COM> calley@optilink.COM (Chris Calley) writes:
- >
- >>1. It attempts to protect passengers, especially children, whose idiot parents
- >>would otherwise not use seat belts for their children.
- >
- >Who is raising the children, the parents or the state?
- >
-
- Well, *somebody* has to, if the parents aren't!
-
- >>2. Automobile injuries and fatalities impact all of our insurance rates as well
- >>as health care costs. If a seat belt saves a life, or if it reduces the level
- >>of injury we might all be able to save some money.
- >
- >I am so tired of this old wornout argument. If people chose not to wear
- >a seatbelt and injuries to those people incrementally cause insurance
- >rates to rise, then consider that a cost of retaining personal
- >liberties. How much are you willing to sell your freedom for, anyway?
- >
-
- It also cheapens freedom when you start arguing about such trivial stuff
- as being infringements on freedom. We've gotten society to the point
- where we can barely feel safe in our own homes and you worry about whether
- or not you can be fined for not wearing seatbelts is an intrusion on your
- personal freedom.
- --
- John Altinbay - altinbay@netcom.com
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- There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me
- My life is worth the living, I don't need to see the end.
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