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Subject:	Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2003 19:34:28 GMT
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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" wrote: > Thanks, but no thanks. In the end, I'd end up paying for your injuries in one way > or another. I'd rather you be forced to wear a helmet, at least until proper laws > are put in place to keep anyone at all from suing over your injuries. I'm inclined to say "at least until proper laws are put in place to keep anyone at all from suing over your injuries" should be replaced with "at least until proper laws are put in place to appropriately distribute liability" Why? Well, by your logic, I could argue we should have laws requiring pedestrians to wear helmets also. Clearly a helmet would reduce some pedestrian injuries from simply tripping and falling. Also, clearly, a helmet would reduce some injuries from being hit by a car. Based on this, should we prevent "anyone at all from suing" an irresponsible driver who hits a motorcyclist or pedestrian? Should we require all car drivers to wear helmets and 4 point harnesses? Should we require all cars to have all the safety systems a race car is required to have? Frank

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		Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
This is a kind of digression, I think...this thread seems to be going all over the place. =) (...) Which provides support for the idea of socialized medicine, because if the health services needed to recover from an injury are free they cannot be (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
(...) That would be all fine and good if we had laws that forced you to take responsibility. Our justice system seems to do the opposite. Even if you didn't sue after cracking your head open, your family might. And they'd probably sue everyone in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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