Why stop there? They should cook my food so I won't get burned. They should walk behind me at all times in case I slip and fall -- scratch that, they should cart me around in a rickshaw. They should raid my refrigerator of MSG-laden foods that can lead to a sedentary lifestyle which is the number one cause of premature death in the U.S.
Where does it end? If I want to bash my skull through the windshield that's my business.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
The likeliness of injuring others because of an unbuckled seat belt is conjecture, but certainly not baseless.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/economi...eatbelts.shtmlOriginally Posted by The Heretic Azazel
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Firstly, I do believe restraint laws should strongly be enforced when it comes to a child in a safety seat. They are not adults and it is their parents' responsibility to protect them. But to say I should buckle up as a good message to the little children is ridiculous.
I'm so tired of hearing about the children. Every emotion-based plea has to invoke the children as pawns to make its point because it can't be proven rationally. Little bastards are always in the way of letting me make my own decisions.
Let's not get it twisted, and call it what it really is. A quick and easy way to add to the state coffers. You don't think they actually WANT people to buckle up, do you? They just want that money. If more people drive without a seat belt if it's against the law, hey that's even better, more money for the state to spend just as unwisely as the money they already have.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
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