On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:35:54 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:


How do you feel about seat belt laws?

I don't like them, or helmet laws, for that matter. Don't get me wrong,
I'd wear a seat belt with or without a law. Same with helmets. I wear a
PFD when canoeing, or in my small runabout, but I'm from the school
that every law is a bad law. It's just sometimes, not having the laws is
worse.

Perhaps, that is a bit of an overstatement. I can see laws requiring
children to be protected, seat belts, bicycle helmets, etc. But once we
reach the age of reason, I don't want some nitwit in Washington, or
Trenton, to protect me from myself. That is my responsibility, not theirs.