http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011106300420 that was in the local paper here in detroit last week, i know the guy that wrote it.
--- On Mon, 7/4/11, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Motorcyclist Killed While Riding Without Helmet to Protest New York Helmet Law To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 4, 2011, 2:50 AM Touchy subject still, but I believe in free choice too. But to be a free and clear choice, people have to also be able to refuse to, say, insure you, or treat you if you did something monumentally stupid like not wearing a helmet or a seatbelt and you cause yourself injury that could have easily been prevented. I hate that this guy died. I wish he hadn't. In fact, I'm not even going to say that I wish he had simply cracked his head hard or rattled his brain to make the point. I wish that kind of harm only on my enemies, and I don't even know him. If he /had/ to wreck, by some divine force, I do just wish he'd had the head thump and brain rattle rather than the death, though. At least then he could recover and continue living, possibly with a changed outlook on helmets. I'm just saying that it's pretty bone-headed (or not) to not take even the simplest of precautions to protect one of the few organs you have that doesn't grow back. And yes, I take much the same view on things like seatbelts (my new girlfriend and I are already butting heads over this, she just doesn't have the habit of putting it on, I make her put it on in my car) or riding around in the bed of a pickup truck (which is in and of itself illegal just because of the belt laws, it doesn't have to be explicitly banned people. My state... *Facepalm*). -Kurt On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:32 AM, James O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: I know this is a touchy subject, but I believe in free choice. It is unfortunate that the government had to get involved and tell people what to do, but it is also sad that this guy lost his life. This is the same as the seatbelt argument - it's really up to the individual, but you're taking a big risk if you don't. I think about my wife every time I go on the road and what she would have to do if I lost my life because of such a simple thing. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
