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- From: pat@rwing.UUCP (Pat Myrto)
- Newsgroups: seattle.general
- Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, Individual Responsibility
- Keywords: Helmet Laws, Drug Laws, etc.
- Message-ID: <1845@rwing.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 06:48:01 GMT
- References: <klg.724617851@statsci> <1992Dec19.014455.11049@tc.fluke.COM> <1992Dec22.194135.14016@eskimo.com>
- Distribution: seattle
- Organization: Totally Unorganized
- Lines: 28
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- In article <1992Dec22.194135.14016@eskimo.com> alpinist@eskimo.com (David Butler) writes:
- :In article <1992Dec19.014455.11049@tc.fluke.COM> lowell@tc.fluke.COM (Lowell Skoog) writes:
- :>klg@statsci.com (Kevin L. Gross) writes:
- :
- :>>You conveniently and completely ignored my point
- :>>that *YOUR* sport of mountain climbing is far more dangerous than riding
- :>>a bike/motorcycle without a helmet, not only to yourself but to possible
- :>>rescuers. But since no one is coming after *YOUR* freedom, you say its OK
- :>>to eliminate *MINE*.
- :
- :>I ignored your point because it didn't seem relevant. You were
- :>talking about outlawing climbing. Nobody is talking about outlawing
- :>bicycling.
- :
- :Instead of ignoring his point because of irrelevance why don't you ignore
- :the point because it is WRONG! Mountain climbing is not far more dangerous
- :than riding a bike/motorcycle with or without a helmet. Statistically
- :bicycling is one of the most dangeous activities there is.
- :
-
- What is the source of the above stats you assert (and the stats themselves)?
- I think some of us would like to see the stats themselves, and their
- sources, rather than an assertion.
- --
- pat@rwing.uucp (Pat Myrto), Seattle, WA
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- WISDOM: "Travelling unarmed is like boating without a life jacket"
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