Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site digi-g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!digi-g!brian From: brian@digi-g.UUCP (Merlyn Leroy) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: seat belts [Oh no, not again!] Message-ID: <596@digi-g.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-May-85 11:49:51 EDT Article-I.D.: digi-g.596 Posted: Tue May 14 11:49:51 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 16-May-85 05:24:43 EDT References: <2683@harpo.UUCP> <1491@amdahl.UUCP> Reply-To: brian@digi-g.UUCP (brian) Organization: Digigraphic Systems Corp., Mpls, MN Lines: 15 Summary: >> The seat belt issue is interesting in the fact that all of a >> sudden we have new laws to protect ourselves. The seat belt law, the >> child seat law, the school bus stopping law... > (It came to me in a dream!). Back in the days of our parents and > before, people used to take responsibility for their actions... >Frank Dibbell Well, I'm not sure what the original poster meant by the "school bus stopping law", but the child seat law is to protect children from their STUPID PARENTS! Not the same thing at all. Merlyn Leroy "...a dimension between shallow and substance, between science and superficial, a place we call...The Usenet Zone"