4th of July Hypocricy (was: OT Celebration)

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Mon Jul 9 07:25:20 2001

At 11:55 PM 7/8/01 -0400, you wrote:


>Geoff Roberts wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Richard Erlacher" <edick_at_idcomm.com>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 6:58 AM
> > Subject: Re: RE: 4th of July Hypocricy (was: OT Celebration)
> >
> > > It all supports the Californian conclusion that "you can't legislate
> > good
> > > sense."
> >
> > No, but it doesn't stop the government from trying.
> >
> > > It's worth noting, however, that the U.S. is about the only
> > industrialized
> > > country in the world that bends over as far as it does to protect
> > those who are
> > > STUPID while doing absolutely nothing to protect the rest of us from
> > them.
> >
> > Uh, you've obviously never lived in Australia.
> > In all States it is illegal to ride a motorcycle without an approved
> > crash helmet. $200 on the spot fine.(Varies from state to state)
>
>Oops, I just came back from Texas, and they now have no helmet law.

    Florida recently dropped their motorcycle helmet law too. Or rather
you don't hav eto wear a helmet if you have insurance. If you don't have
insurance then you still have to wear a helmet. Strangely, you still have
to wear a helmet to ride a bicycle!


>Used to have it and then didn't, but once did before that and will probably
>flip and then flop back once again.

        Yeap, that's politics!

     Joe
Received on Mon Jul 09 2001 - 07:25:20 BST