Re: [ST] Anyone in New England?

["Denis Liakos" <denoose@xxxxxxx>]

I agree with you in terms of the State not having the right to tell you to 
take care of yourself, but there are a number of ways this has been trampled 
already in our daily lives, whether it's enforced seatbelt laws, anti- 
smoking regulations, or whatever.  The
damned do-gooders and know-betters are already influencing all of our lives. 
Major can of worms I'll not open.  Unfortunately, when you provide the 
option by not having a helmet law, a fair percentage of people will choose 
not to wear one, effectively driving up medical and insurance costs, and 
putting themselves, and more importantly, their PASSENGERS who may also not 
be wearing a helmet, at great risk.  The number of riders I see here in 
Connecticut who ride without helmets is staggering- virtually NO cruiser 
riders wear a lid, and the squids in the summer might as well be naked for 
lack of gear.  I'm all for protecting individual rights, but this is an 
issue that I feel requires legislation to protect people from poor 
decisions.

Denis Liakos
off the soapbox
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew F. Kay, Jr. " <captainquack@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 11:43 AM
Subject: RE: [ST] Anyone in New England?


> The State (by that I mean any government) has NO RIGHT to tell you to
> take care of yourself.
>
> Does that mean you should ride without a helmet? No.  But keep the
> damned do-gooders and know-betters out of our lives.  I'm an MSF
> instructor and always wear a helmet and try to convince others to do the
> same.  But no laws, Big Brother can mind his/her own damn business.
>
> I get really upset by this s**t.  Anyone who wants to drain the shallow
> end of the gene pool by not wearing a helmet has the right to do so.
>
> Andrew F. Kay, Jr.
> Riders of the Lost Empire, LC,  13355 79th Street, Fellsmere, FL 32948
> www.lostempire.com   andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, throughout the sensual world
> proclaim, one crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a
> name." Thomas Osbert Mordaunt, 1730-1809
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Masiak, Richard
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 9:36 AM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ST] Anyone in New England?
>
>
> Hey Rupert, and they're all wearing helmets - Go Figure!
>
> from the helmet law article: "The proposed law is certain to be
> challenged by motorcyclists who believe they should not be forced to
> wear helmets."
>
> I hope that's the minority.  IMO, anyone with have a brain should know
> better.
>
>
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