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Originally Posted by Lou_Dorchen
Happy Meals have been banned in at least one city I can think of. And just this month NYC voted to outlaw large sizes of soft drinks. Foie gras has also been banned in places as well.
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Well that isn't a ban that is a change in the way food is marketed, two totally different things. I do agree that NYC and San Fran are ridiculous to even consider such things but I digress.
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Originally Posted by Lou_Dorchen
I'm not advocating lawlessness. And I thought we were supposed to stop using strawmen. No one, including me, has advocated removing all Stop signs. Don't be ridiculous. FYI, the 55MPH national speed limit was found to have improved safety and saved thousands of lives. Do you feel we should go back to a national 55MPH speed limit in the name of public safety?
And I'm still waiting for the statistics that prove that this is a public safety issue as opposed to an individual rights issue.
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Hey, you are the one that started the straw man arguments. Gun control, food control, all these things that you think we should just give in to because law enforcement doesn't want to have to scrap your dead body out of my windshield or off the road.
Also the 55mph national limit was enacted for fuel consumption control, not safety. Some laws are stupid, and poorly conceived, I won't deny that. But some are smart and more universally accepted. Seat belts along with stop signs are pretty universally accepted as safe things to have in and around our public roads.
Take heart though, I am sure there is a guy out there that wishes there were no windshield requirements so he could feel free. Wishes that we could do 200mph to feel free, or wishes he could do meth in his bathroom because that's the way the founding fathers would have wanted it right?
Out of all the things the government regulates, having a strap around you in a 1 ton machine going 70mph down a crowded roadway is the least of my concerns. I actually feel better having mine on. I feel strange in a vehicle without it. Vulnerable you could say.
With that said, I think I have said my peace, but at least now I know that the OPs video wasn't a total waste of money, there are still people out there that believe they are the exception and don't need safety belts.