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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
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Subject: Re: Seat belts
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 18:10:18 EDT
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> >Rather *government* is a privilege granted by the *drivers*, at least in
> >principle.
> 
> Give the man a cigar!
> 
> At least in theory that's what a government should be.  A good case can be
> be made, however, for goverment today being a protection racket.

Sorry, no cigar here!  Government is a priveledge granted by the people -
not just the drivers - which in turn and in their collective behalf grants
the priveledge to drive.  Some of the people (even some adults, though that
can be hard to remember if one grows up in California where a car is thought
of as an unalienable right :-)) *don't* drive at all; others of us who do
drive think that the driving laws - both licensing and, e.g., drunk driving -
should be *much* tougher.  I won't ride a motorcycle on the street because
there are too many drivers of cars who don't know enough to be careful of
bikes.

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Ed Gould		    mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA  94710  USA
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