From: utzoo!watmath!kgdykes
Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: Re: seatbelts and freedom
Article-I.D.: watmath.3342
Posted: Fri Aug 20 02:14:39 1982
Received: Fri Aug 20 03:45:36 1982
References: sri-unix.2671 utcsstat.309

Since people like to quote the "costing the rest of society" excuse
for silly laws how about making
smoking and drinking totally illegal
this would be totally within the rights of society as a whole and
i would hope no one would dare  think that these activities are without
cost to non-users.
 
in other words, that excuse could be applied to just about ANY ACTIVITY
but it is those "majorities" that politicians fear who end up retainging
their "freedoms" (or excesses).
Until anti-seatbelt foes become a vocal, and apparent majority politcally,
we will suffer by two-faced politicians who (while smoking and drinking
heavily) pass laws preventing a few hundred people costing the rest
of society an imagined great expense.
(here i use smoking and drinkin as examples, not necessarily true indications
 of my beliefs)
      ....ken    (decvax!utzoo!watmath!kgdykes)