And it doesn't occur to you that the law YOU want gov't to pass is far more
restrictive and punituive than anything else they have ever proposed. YOU
are advocating gov't sponsored MURDER (lack of life saving medical treatment
readily available) for the simple act of not acting wisely. If it comes to
that I'd rather have complete anarchy thank you very much. You have to
understand that FREEDOM (we have very little) means the freedom to be stupid
and thoughtless, any consequences should be those imposed by the people who
you encounter and affect exercising their own freedoms, not penalties
imposed by the state, even if you happen to agree with them.

MY freedom is my ability to disagree with your stupid and self absorbed
point of view, and your freedom is to disagree with mine. What you are
proposing is to allow the state to decide who lives and who dies, frankly
I've never met a bureaucrat I would trust with that choice.



"Frank Stutzman" wrote in message
...
NW_Pilot
wrote:
Unless you live in the Soviet State Of Washington! Even the adults have
to
ware helmets on Bicycles or anything with wheels.

I dislike the legislation of helmets. So is my wife, a physican who has
spent too much time working in the ER. However, her take on it is that
the
laws should be something like:

1) if you choose to ride without a helmet, you are required to have a
signed organ donor card in your wallet.
2) arriving in the ER after a serious accident that would have been
mitigated by a helmet results in an automatic "Do Not Resuscitate"
physician order.


Government should not make laws preventing you from being stupid.
However,
society shouldn't have pay for the results of your stupidity.

--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Boise, ID