Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Re: Prostitution & Helmets Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:40:15 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong My parents bought seat belts when they became available on 1955 Oldsmobiles . It was the logical thing to do . I sure as hell= always wore mine when I got a 924 turbo Porsche with hi performance= suspension in 1980 working for Xerox in Rochester . ( Got 20 mpg @ 100 mph= . ) It grates me to feel the iron thumb of the Nanny Police coercing= my choice every time I rationally chose to buckle up . Makes me= want to rebel - maybe get a tattoo . Helmets , too , are rational . Helmets also are a choice . I discuss them and other safety issues in my proposed= regulations , http://www.cosy.com/trnsprt/tsprtreg.htm , for the sort of "MotorBoards" Jim Lesczynski noted in last week's VILLAGE CHOICE= , http://www.topica.com/lists/villagechoice/read , are under= increased attack by the NYC gang in blue . When I was in the hospital 1972 after shattering of my left leg= and ankle , a permanent injury , another Northwestern student= wandered the halls having hit a curb head first off his motorcycle . He= was never going to return to Northwestern . The argument that free choice is a superior political structure= than socialized Use of Force in the Name of Charity for the care of= the truly unfortunate , damaged , sick , is the most profound that libertarianism must convincingly answer . On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:59:08 EDT, crestonave@aol.com wrote: >=A0As to having to take care of human vegetables, as terrible as= that condition >=A0is, and as much as I feel for anyone who has to deal with this= situation (as >=A0well as their families), socieity is not responsible for them,= period. Each >=A0person is responsible for his or her own actions and decisions.= In the case of a >=A0minor, this responsibility belongs with the parents. As a= driver or passenger >=A0in a car, for example, I always wear seatbelts - not because= the law requires >=A0it, but because it's smart and safe. If another person chooses= not to wear >=A0them that's his or her business, and it certainly does not make= me or anyone else >=A0financailly or morally responsible if their bad decision= results in tragedy. > >=A0Tom --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/09/12 10:50:43 AM