Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 9/27/83; site hplabsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hplabsc!plaskon From: plaskon@hplabsc.UUCP (Dawn Plaskon) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: mandatory seatbelt laws Message-ID: <1654@hplabsc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 16:34:17 EST Article-I.D.: hplabsc.1654 Posted: Thu Feb 9 16:34:17 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 09:28:21 EST References: <895@uw-june> Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 28 You may have the right to do stupid things if this is your desire. It may also be true that it is not my or the government's place to keep you from performing such actions. However, you, as a presumably responsible adult, do not have the right to perform actions which will effect, infringe, or impinge upon my life. You may have the right to kill or injure yourself at whim, but I should have the right to not have to pay for, be injured by, or be forced to look upon the results of your stupid actions. Stupid actions; stupid being defined here as actions which may endanger you and/or others and whose bad effects might be offset or prevented with appropriate precautions, should be relegated to some area where they may be performed without effecting the people around you. Refusal to recognize that your actions do effect others indicates a refusal to accept the responsibility that being an adult brings to all of us. I will not claim to be perfect as we all have faults, but I make an honest attempt to accept responsibility for my actions and the results of these actions. This is part of what being an adult means, and I find your posted article has a distinctly childlike flavor. "I can do what ever I want and just try to stop me, so there!" By the way, I drive a truck, a car, and ride both motorcycles and bicycles. I wear appropriate protective gear and use appropriate protective devices when operating these vehicles and request that passengers wear their seat belts when riding with me. A little thought about what you are doing and what the results may be can save a lot of grief in the future for you and for others.