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Sorry, as an advocate of civil rights (which especially includes minorities) I oppose anarchy. Joel Send a noteboard - 06/07/2011 01:18:19 AM
Your right to swing your arm ends where it intersects my nose; it's hard to make a compelling case that forcing people to wear helmets protects the rights of others more than it infringes on theirs. Anarchy is actually better represented by the kind of mob rule that demands such things; it simply replaces individual might making right with collective might making right. However, whether it's a lion stalking a herd of gazelles or a swarm of wasps killing a lion it's still just replacing rule of law with rule of force.
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You can't make this stuff up: Helmet law protester dies in crash - 05/07/2011 08:47:14 PM 993 Views
Kinda undermines his protest *NM* - 05/07/2011 09:01:50 PM 293 Views
Just a tad bit *NM* - 05/07/2011 09:06:24 PM 279 Views
How so? He wasn't demanding the right to survive crashes when only a helmet makes that possible. - 05/07/2011 11:06:44 PM 646 Views
New York feels that people should have to wear helmets for their own safety - 05/07/2011 11:20:36 PM 614 Views
He felt his own safety was his own concern. - 06/07/2011 12:07:05 AM 538 Views
Who do you think would have ended up paying for his care for the rest of his life if the accident - 06/07/2011 01:08:49 AM 697 Views
The same people who pay for everyone else whose actions render them vegetables. - 06/07/2011 01:50:20 AM 818 Views
Maybe a more effective argument you could use against me would be pointing out - 06/07/2011 02:33:21 AM 612 Views
Yeah, that is a better example. - 06/07/2011 03:03:01 AM 581 Views
Oops, ignore! *NM* - 06/07/2011 11:44:10 PM 356 Views
Now, who said irony wasn't funny? *NM* - 05/07/2011 09:22:58 PM 414 Views
what a fricking idiot - 05/07/2011 10:02:17 PM 779 Views
That's your opinion to which you're entitled. - 05/07/2011 11:19:36 PM 1033 Views
Anarchy, baby! *NM* - 06/07/2011 12:58:23 AM 511 Views
Sorry, as an advocate of civil rights (which especially includes minorities) I oppose anarchy. - 06/07/2011 01:18:19 AM 701 Views
The public's nose is on the line here too. - 06/07/2011 01:47:08 AM 738 Views
Uh Joel... - 06/07/2011 03:38:24 AM 641 Views
Sorry, but that doesn't make sense - 06/07/2011 07:02:33 PM 843 Views
Yes it does - 06/07/2011 07:32:54 PM 595 Views
how many people are really seriously injured that way? - 06/07/2011 07:15:16 PM 813 Views
Did you actually read my post? - 06/07/2011 07:36:13 PM 717 Views
my ex had 3 cracked ribs from an accident like that - 07/07/2011 02:46:07 AM 750 Views
Re: That's your opinion to which you're entitled. - 06/07/2011 05:18:12 PM 803 Views
Re: That's your opinion to which you're entitled. - 06/07/2011 06:13:44 PM 873 Views
Hold the phone here... - 06/07/2011 07:49:10 PM 993 Views
+1 *NM* - 06/07/2011 08:42:14 PM 356 Views
You agree with him that the abortion debate is about a mothers convenience versus the babys life? - 06/07/2011 10:48:52 PM 720 Views
im not bringing abortion into this, its a separate issue *NM* - 06/07/2011 10:56:17 PM 349 Views
It's really not. - 07/07/2011 12:20:10 AM 745 Views
i'm really not - 07/07/2011 03:34:23 PM 821 Views
What else could the debate be about? - 06/07/2011 10:58:51 PM 673 Views
"The babys life", not just "life". - 07/07/2011 12:18:02 AM 1001 Views
I think I could make that up. *NM* - 05/07/2011 11:41:00 PM 286 Views
Smartass *NM* - 06/07/2011 12:57:22 AM 300 Views
Helmets help save lives. 'Onest. - 07/07/2011 04:40:42 PM 744 Views

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