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  2. Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general,alt.society.civil-liberty,misc.talk.poli
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!seanews!davevh
  4. From: davevh@microsoft.com (Dave Van Horn)
  5. Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, Individual Responsibility
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec26.075514.13817@microsoft.com>
  7. Date: 26 Dec 92 07:55:14 GMT
  8. Organization: Microsoft Corporation
  9. Lines: 8
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  11. Scott Linn writes:
  12.  
  13. >It isn't *government* which is limiting personal freedoms in order to make
  14. >expenses lower; it's the *people*.  The majority of people voted these
  15. >seatbelt, helmet, etc. laws into effect
  16.  
  17. Not this one.  The King Co. bike helmet law was enacted by 3 unelected
  18. bureaucrats, the Co. Board of Health.  Voters had no say in the matter.
  19.