At 09:17 AM 1/11/98 EST, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
David Honig <honig@otc.net> writes:
Bogus reasoning. You are sovereign and can do with yourself as you please. *That* is why substances should be legal and helmets should be optional. Pragmatics are irrelevant. I *do* wear seatbelts but it should be my choice, not something the state can use violence to enforce.
The above is just one of the reasons why all drugs should be legalized.
Yes, that was the moral one.
As for helmets, seatbelts, et al, consider them in context: most kids stupid enough to ride a bike wihtout a helmet are already on welfare. If they get themselves certified brain-damaged (I don't know how the doctors tell the difference :-) they'll be stealing even more of my money through taxes. Therefore in the context of taxpayers paying the medical bills of these parasites, helmets can be required.
There is a shortage of organ donors. Motorcycle helmet laws cut down the supply. There's your pragmatics, happy now? ------------------------------------------------------------ David Honig Orbit Technology honig@otc.net Intaanetto Jigyoubu "How do you know you are not being deceived?" ---A Compendium of Analytic TradeCraft Notes, Directorate of Intelligence, CIA http://www.jya.com/cia-notes.htm