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Originally Posted by spd2918
Stupid as in you believe it would be stupid.
I'm a rugged individualist and understand what government overreach is. But I also understand that rights come with RESPONSIBILITIES. I'm all for a person to be free to not wear a helmet, but that I also that person should be responsible for his injuries.
Seems like you want the rights, then demand I pay for someone else's irresponsibility.
As I posted earlier, let em go without helmets as long as they have insurance to cover that choice.
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I don't believe I said anything about being irresponsible. I believe that we were talking about banning motorcycles and someone got off onto the diversion of speaking about wearing helmets. I didn't say anything about insurance. I said I do not believe in laws mandating the wearing of helmets, seat belts, etc. Someone ELSE said that everyone must suffer the consequences for someone being irresponsible. And I also said that (in not so many words) that being irresponsible is in the eye of the beholder. I also made the facetious comment that to make sure there were no accidents we should ban automobiles since there are way more car accidents than motorcycle accidents. Ban bicycles because there are bicycle fatalities every year. Skateboarding is a dangerous sport and should be banned. I don't see a mandate for skateboarders to have insurance and there are between 60,000 to 100,000 skateboarding accidents reported by hospitals every year. I have insurance on my riding a motorcycle. If that does not suffice for the NON-bikers than I have to say tough ****.