Re: Health Insurance Coverage for Motorcyclists

["Mike Benzon" <fast87@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well said Matt, have you thought about running for some political office?
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From: "Matt Knowles" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: Health Insurance Coverage for Motorcyclists


> >Or is the
> >US legal system totally different to the UK?
>
> Yes they are different, our judges don't wear silly white wigs.
>
> Actually though, America's favorite pastime seems to be sueing anyone and
> everyone, instead of taking responsibility for our own actions and/or
> stupidity.
>
> I remember being really impressed when visiting England and Wales that you
> were allowed to actually climb up to the edge of a castle ruin that
dropped
> of 100 feet down on the other side.
>
> In the U.S. (assuming we had 600 year old castles) there would be a chain
> link fence around the whole castle and about a dozen warning signs.
>
> So between corporations being preemtive against getting sued, and the
> government trying to protect us from ourselves, we find the land of the
> free is becoming less so every day. We also have a population that is less
> and less comfortable with risk, even if it means not living a meaningful
> life, and that is bad news for motorcyclists, both for the rules spawned
by
> that attitude, and by the fewer participants in the sport.
>
> Matt Knowles - matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://home.earthlink.net/~mattknowles
> Aesthetic Design & Photography - (707) 786-4643
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>
>
>
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