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From: disc@homxb.UUCP (Scott J. Berry)
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Subject: Re: Seat belts
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 09:18:12 EST
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"We're preparing for takeoff; please fasten your barf bags."

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Consensus:

	1.  People who don't wear seat belts are chumps
	2.  There are SOME occasions/circumstances where
	    not wearing your belt can harm (perhaps indirectly)
	    others

The real point, I feel, is not being addressed here.  Regardless
of whether or not the government should be passing a law infringing
on personal rights, does it make any sense for the government
to pass questionable laws THAT MOST LIKELY WILL RESULT IN LITTLE OR
NO CHANGE?  An idiot who refuses to wear a belt is not going to
start just because there's a CHANCE some day he may be stopped for
SOME OTHER OFFENSE and be fined $20.

Alcohol abuse is clearly a problem for both the individual AND society
(even completely disregarding drunk driving); did Prohibition change
anything? (Other than perhaps the QUALITY of liquor drank?)


       YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE STUPIDITY OUT OF THE POPULATION!!!


			Scott J. Berry
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