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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 1126 Views
Kinda undermines his protest *NM* - 05/07/2011 09:01:50 PM 349 Views
Just a tad bit *NM* - 05/07/2011 09:06:24 PM 330 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 763 Views
New York feels that people should have to wear helmets for their own safety - 05/07/2011 11:20:36 PM 714 Views
He felt his own safety was his own concern. - 06/07/2011 12:07:05 AM 656 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 826 Views
The same people who pay for everyone else whose actions render them vegetables. - 06/07/2011 01:50:20 AM 942 Views
Maybe a more effective argument you could use against me would be pointing out - 06/07/2011 02:33:21 AM 728 Views
Yeah, that is a better example. - 06/07/2011 03:03:01 AM 694 Views
Oops, ignore! *NM* - 06/07/2011 11:44:10 PM 414 Views
Now, who said irony wasn't funny? *NM* - 05/07/2011 09:22:58 PM 467 Views
what a fricking idiot - 05/07/2011 10:02:17 PM 905 Views
That's your opinion to which you're entitled. - 05/07/2011 11:19:36 PM 1164 Views
Anarchy, baby! *NM* - 06/07/2011 12:58:23 AM 576 Views
Sorry, as an advocate of civil rights (which especially includes minorities) I oppose anarchy. - 06/07/2011 01:18:19 AM 823 Views
The public's nose is on the line here too. - 06/07/2011 01:47:08 AM 885 Views
Uh Joel... - 06/07/2011 03:38:24 AM 764 Views
Sorry, but that doesn't make sense - 06/07/2011 07:02:33 PM 963 Views
Yes it does - 06/07/2011 07:32:54 PM 726 Views
how many people are really seriously injured that way? - 06/07/2011 07:15:16 PM 956 Views
Did you actually read my post? - 06/07/2011 07:36:13 PM 839 Views
my ex had 3 cracked ribs from an accident like that - 07/07/2011 02:46:07 AM 866 Views
Re: That's your opinion to which you're entitled. - 06/07/2011 05:18:12 PM 916 Views
Re: That's your opinion to which you're entitled. - 06/07/2011 06:13:44 PM 1002 Views
Hold the phone here... - 06/07/2011 07:49:10 PM 1171 Views
+1 *NM* - 06/07/2011 08:42:14 PM 408 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 842 Views
im not bringing abortion into this, its a separate issue *NM* - 06/07/2011 10:56:17 PM 404 Views
It's really not. - 07/07/2011 12:20:10 AM 854 Views
i'm really not - 07/07/2011 03:34:23 PM 953 Views
What else could the debate be about? - 06/07/2011 10:58:51 PM 787 Views
"The babys life", not just "life". - 07/07/2011 12:18:02 AM 1121 Views
Holding the phone here might be good, yes.... - 06/07/2011 10:33:46 PM 924 Views
I think I could make that up. *NM* - 05/07/2011 11:41:00 PM 367 Views
Smartass *NM* - 06/07/2011 12:57:22 AM 362 Views
Helmets help save lives. 'Onest. - 07/07/2011 04:40:42 PM 885 Views

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