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- Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!cunews!jstewart
- From: jstewart@alfred.carleton.ca (John Stewart)
- Subject: Re: Bicycle helmets (was Re: Ontario government ...)
- Message-ID: <jstewart.712524795@cunews>
- Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator)
- Organization: Carleton University
- References: <1992Jul27.134332.10354@sunlife.uucp> <1992Jul28.162826.21340@fozzi.ocunix.on.ca> <jstewart.712354961@cunews> <Bs7tt0.9vC@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:33:15 GMT
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- In <Bs7tt0.9vC@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca> pjyamamo@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca writes:
- >No I think the point was the expense incurred by others because of
- >one person's actions.
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- I find it very odd that this argument is commonly used to to justify
- compulsory use of helmets when other forms of behaviour result in a much
- higher cost to society. For example
-
- -smoking greatly increases risk of lung cancer and other problems
- -insufficient exercise, a poor diet and being overweight increase the
- risk of heart disease.
-
- To be fair, it would be necessary to do a complete evaluation of each
- persons lifestyle to calculate their probability of a premature death or
- injury and charge accordingly for medical coverage.
-
- --
- John Stewart -- Computing and Communications Services, Carleton University
- Internet: jstewart@ccs.carleton.ca or Mr.Canoehead@algonquin.carleton.ca
- "Why can't we just forget about our constitutional problems and go canoeing?"
-