JT wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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I'm against (mildly) laws that mandate personal safety, like helmet and
seat-belt laws, but I'm in favor of laws that mandate public safety.


I feel about the same when it comes to personal safety law... The problem
comes when the non-seatbelt wearing driver with no medical insurance goes
through the windshield and ends up in a hospital for several months or worse
a vegetable in an institution. As tax payers, we end up paying for it.

JT




That's a a good argument for mandated universal health insurance.

Your argument troubles me, because people do all kinds of dangerous
things (dangerous to themselves, that is) -- not just refusing to wear
seat belts. I don't want to see a bunch of laws telling us what we can't
do, or must do, for our own good.

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