Well, that may be true. I don't think I have been susceptible to brainwashing techniques, but who of us would know, right?...:)
I have worked in healthcare for 20 years. I know why motorcycles are called, in the venacular of some health care personnel, "organ donor generators". I have seen the results of a little bit of road rash and a lot of cranial impact. Believe me, it is not brainwashing.
I personally think the sad result of of a brain death injury on a motorcycle can at least have some positive result if that unfortunate persons organs can be harvested and given to someone else.
However, the person who is only maimed, and requires 24x7 total care for the remainder of what counts as life because they didn't want to wear a helmet because it infringed on their right not to wear one, or because a helmet just doesn't look cool doesn't even have the redeeming quality of organ donation. What that requires is that all of us foot the bill for it, it won't be cheap, is is often, but not always preventable.
As I said before, I believe people should have the right to do what they want, as long as it doesn't affect or hurt others. If they want to hang from the ceiling while fornicating with goats, if it doen't hurt me, I don't care.
For society to pay the cost of what is often a preventable crippling injury caused by the refusal to wear a helmet, falls out of the category of freedom. We are being forced financially to support the burden of someone else's idea of freedom. And that is not freedom.
Just my opinion, yours may vary.
Lets blow away a few misconceptions here.
First, persons who die as a result of head injuries are never "organ donors". At best, they are skin and bone donors. The brain has to be working to keep the organs viable.
Second, if you die in an automobile accident it is nearly always the result of the head injuries you sustained; over 90% of all auto fatalities involve blunt force trauma to the head.
Third, 70% of all motorcycle accidents are caused by the auto driver violating the right of way of the motorcyclist, typically by turning left in front of them at an intersection.
Fourth, all motorcycle injury costs comprise only 0.071% of the national health care costs.
Fifth, states which mandate helmet use have a statistically higher death rate for motorcyclists than states that do not mandate helmet use.
If they're so concerned with rising health care costs and insurance companies' profitability, Nanny State proponents would do well to require helmet use while in an automobile.
Let those who ride decide. If you don't ride, then please STFU and stop spreading your conjecture as fact.