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Originally posted by Compugasm,+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Compugasm,)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-Pooeypants,
Sorry to be picky but wearing seatbelts saves many lives... |
I'm glad you picked up on that. Because our arguments are well intentioned, but boil down to either two points of view. Collective vs Individual way of thinking. Seatbelts do save lives. Do you need to be protected from yourself? Because anytime the state wishes to take away your rights, all they have to do is pass a law to do so "for the greater good". It is by this way of thinking we loose our freedom a little bit at a time.[/b][/quote]
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I don't want to turn this into the seatbelt thread, but a different example would be clearer for the particular point made.
One thing most people don't consider with seat belt use is that it's not just protecting you from yourself, they protect ME from you. This is why I support personal freedom AND seat belt laws.
When you go through an intersection and a car hits you on either side, the situation changes whether you are personally injured or not. A car hitting you on the driver side can knock you into the other seat and a car hitting you on the passenger side can push the car right out from under you. Either way, you end up a passenger in a moving, driverless 2-3 thousand pound projectile. If I'm standing at the corner and your car decides to head towards ME, neither of us has any power to stop it.