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From: joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch)
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Subject: Re: Seat belts
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Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 17:23:49 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 26 17:23:49 1985
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As regards the arguements for requiring seatbelt use because the  cost
to  the  public  of  a  idiot killing or permanently disabling himself
outweighs the idiot's right to do as choses. I would like to point out
that  the  same  reasoning would forbid any activity with greater than
normal personal risk and no counter acting social benefit.

Some examples:

	- Skydiving
	- Skiing
	- Motorcross
	- Smoking
	- Over-eating
	- drinking

So before you recommend outlawing certain forms of  half-wit  behavior
you  should  consider  how long it will take them to work down to your
own favorite forms of half-wit behavior.

Another point to consider is that while the immediate cost of allowing
such  behavior  is great, the consequent improvements to the gene pool
of allowing fools every opportunity to kill themselves is  not  to  be
despised.

The above has nothing to do with my opinion of seatbelts.  I put  mine
on when I'm not even leaving the parking lot.

THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED DO NOT REPRESENT THOSE OF MY EMPLOYER OR EVEN
MINE WHEN I'M IN A BETTER MOOD


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