helmet laws was : 4th of July Hypocricy (was: OT Celebration)

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Tue Jul 10 11:16:10 2001

"Eric J. Korpela" wrote:
>
> You'd first need to show that there is substantial cost to the state and the
> people involved in people working on their own computers.

> No, it's not what the state of Florida has done. I doubt one of the
> questions on the insurance application is "do you wear a helmet?" Even if
> it is, I doubt it gets answered truthfully by those who don't. What the
> helmetless hoard has done is the get their additional costs transferred to
> those who are responsible enough to wear helmets. That is the true goal
> of libertarianism. Libertarians want the freedom to do everything and
> they want everyone else to pick up the tab for cleaning up their mess.

You are only looking at the direct costs while totally ignoring the hard to
measure indirect costs. The net effect is "form over substance". Care to
show some facts behind your last statement? Otherwise, label it as "your
opinion".
Received on Tue Jul 10 2001 - 11:16:10 BST