"dpb" wrote in message ...
On 12/5/2012 11:59 AM, Existential Angst wrote:
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Ditto seatbelts, helmet laws. There's no fukn safety safety concern for
the
public in seatbelt laws....

Well, that isn't so, in reality, no.

There's a very big societal cost in the higher injury/death rates owing to
folks not being individually responsible-enough to use them.

Well, then, technically, I remain correck:
Gummint don't give a **** about an indivdual's safety, they're concerned
about their own bottom line.


It's
kinda' like the class staying after school because of one somebody threw a
spitball...we all pay for the sins of the few.

A good analogy....
Altho I think kidnapping, extortion, and ransom are better analogies.
And there's no SWAT team for our rescue....
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