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- From: scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn)
- Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, Individual Responsibility
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.011300.5328@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>
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- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec22.164047.11480@Celestial.COM>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:13:00 GMT
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- bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
- : :It isn't *government* which is limiting personal freedoms in order to make
- : :expenses lower; it's the *people*. The majority of people voted these
- : :seatbelt, helmet, etc. laws into effect, in order to decrease *their*
- : :costs.
- :
- : In point of fact, few of these laws are voted in, they are made
- : by appointed bureaucrats various regulatory agencies and the
- : public rarely has an opportunity to vote on them.
-
- Possibly in WA, but not everywhere. The seat belt (and helmet) laws were
- voted in via ballot in Oregon. I thought the same happened in CA, but I am
- probably wrong.
-
- Scott Linn
- scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com
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