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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Manditory Seatbelt Laws
Message-ID: <3527@alice.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 10:07:23 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  5 10:07:23 1985
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Michael M. Sykora sez:

> They are just one more step down "The Road to Serfdom."  More directly,
> they disgust me.  They are a lot less of an inconvenience than many
> regulations, but what is most disturbing is that it seems to me
> symbolic of the gov't. 'strapping you in.'
> I was really outraged by the law when it was passed, and I've decided
> not to wear one.  If a policeman stops me for it, I would take the
> opportunity (after I stop laughing at him, of course) to ask him if he
> doesn't feel ridiculous about it.  My guess is that many cops feel
> a bit stupid doing this sort of thing -- not exactly the stuff boyhood
> dreams are made of.

Sounds like a good idea to me:  get yourself killed for spite.
That'll show them!