vintage computers and lead poisoning?

From: Brian Mahoney <webhead_at_theantiquecomputer.com>
Date: Thu Jun 3 20:46:47 2004

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From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd_at_rddavis.org>
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Subject: Re: vintage computers and lead poisoning?


> Quothe Bryan Pope, from writings of Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 02:51:23PM -0400:
> > While I do agree with you on some parts, I feel that bicycle helmets are
> > **VERY** important... A very special friend of mine may have been
severely
> > injured or not here right now if she wasn't wearing her bicycle helmet.
> > She flipped over the front of her bike and smacked the helmet on the
> > pavement instead of her head.
>
> While such helmets may save some people's lives, although their use
> may result in some people being croaked in some instances, should not
> the decision to wear them be up to the individual, not the government?
> What's next, laws prohibiting children from climbing trees or adults
> from using power tools or working on electrical/electronic equipment
> without taking special classes and becoming certified?

Depends on who is paying the hospital bills. If it's the state, as in
Canadian taxes, then I'm for helmets and belts. (Belts are now enforced in
all 50 states aren't they?) There used to be a campaign here, started by a
doctor who saw too many 'stupid' injuries in young people. Simply said, the
campaign asks where you draw your stupid line. Rehabs and wheelchairs are
full of people who might redraw their line if they had a second chance.
But I think in the States, if you fall off your bike and crack your own
skull you can sue the pavement people for making it too hard. That makes
more sense than forcing people to wear helmets and do up seatbelts.
Absolutely no one should be able to force common sense on us.


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