Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: PISSED OFF/Really Re: Seat belts Message-ID: <7546@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 21:53:46 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7546 Posted: Fri Jan 18 21:53:46 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Jan-85 10:35:33 EST References: <236@calmasd.UUCP> <245@calmasd.UUCP> <830@watdcsu.UUCP> <4889@fortune.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 16 > > I do believe that laws of the form "We're protecting you from yourself" > are unacceptable. (If he wants to kill himself, well, that's his business.) > I also believe (very strongly) that laws of the form > "We're protecting other people from your foolishness" are desirable. > (This can be overdone, of course... but we must make tradeoffs somewhere.) > How do you feel about wearing seat belts in an airplane. Failure to do so is a violation of FAA regulations and you don't even get due process. If you choose to argue with the Pilot over putting on your seatbelt you have committed a federal crime. How do you feel about mandatory smoke detector laws? -Ron