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To: Peace will be here soon
I don`t see this as a nanny state issue either. Too many people get hyper-sensative to "over-reaching government" that they fail to see the common value in responsible conduct.

Therein lies the problem. You wish to force others to accept your view of "responsible conduct", just like the left wing elitists who want to get us to stop smoking, eating McDonalds, and engaging in any other activity they deem as "responsible".

138 posted on 02/21/2005 11:12:09 AM PST by Texas Federalist
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To: Texas Federalist

""Therein lies the problem. You wish to force others to accept your view of "responsible conduct", just like the left wing elitists who want to get us to stop smoking, eating McDonalds, and engaging in any other activity they deem as "responsible"."


Hold on one second. We are talking about seat belt laws, not eating McDonalds or smoking. Your eating habits or personal choice to smoke does not put me in harms way. There is a difference here.

With your argument, we should just abolish speed limit laws since your view of a "responsible" driving speed may be different than mine.

We are talking about driving a car on a "public" road. You cannot just do what you wish on that public road. That is why we have speed limits, drunk driving laws , and other laws reguarding motor vehicle operation.

I may be very well capable of driving my car backwards on a street and in a way that does not jepordize anyones safety, but that doesn`t mean I can do it though. There is a law , and a good law at that, which prevents me from legally driving my vehicle in an "improper" manner.

So lets stick to the subject. You are trying to put me in a group to which I do not belong, or agree with.


140 posted on 02/21/2005 1:35:56 PM PST by Peace will be here soon
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