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Subject: Re: Massachusetts seat belt law
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> 
> The New York seat belt law is estimated to have saved over 170 lives
> already.  Does this count?

I am sure it does count for something.  Your basic question
is: does the ends justify the means.

I would rather look to fundamental principles of freedom and
democracy; of individual responsibility.  However, the
current vogue in government is to use means to justify ends
and to replace individual responsibility with collective.

Welcome to petty state socialism.
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E. Michael Smith  ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems

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