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From: tdh@frog.UUCP (T. Dave Hudson)
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Subject: Re: Massachusetts seat belt law
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(Incidentally, the contact points for placing the repeal of
Massachusetts' seat belt law onto the ballot are either
radio station WRKO's Jerry Williams or:  (617) 682-6055
after 5PM or (617) 722-2784 before 5PM.  Deadlines are 6
January except for Boston, which is 10 January, for turning
signatures in to registrars or election commisioners.)

While collecting signatures to place repeal of the
cumpulsory seat belt law here in Massachusetts (in the #@*!
cold) onto the ballot, I ran into several people who said
they were in favor of the law.  Of some of them I asked, "In
favor of encouraging them to wear seat belts or compelling
them?"  Most said "Encouraging them", and one said, "Wearing
them."  That is, they were either too stupid or too cowardly
to admit that by advocating the law they were advocating
compulsion.  A separate conversation went something like:

Passer-by: I just started wearing my seat belt to get used
   to it before they start enforcing it.  I thing the law is
   a good thing.
Me: Didn't you think wearing it was a good thing before?
P: Yes.
M: Then why didn't you wear it?
P (sheepishly): Well, you know, people sometimes need a
   little push to do what's good for them.

At least the fuzzyhead was (apparently) honest.  Hail,
Caesar!

				David Hudson