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Yet another reminder why we wear helmets (as if we needed one)
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[QUOTE="robwbright, post: 1070494, member: 60515"] From: [url]http://www.lewrockwell.com/tennant/tennant11.html[/url] (Note: The article also discusses "Geno's Steaks" in Philly - you know, the one that won't take orders unless you order in English. . .) Whose Property Is It Anyway? by Michael Tennant " . . . This entire debate comes down to one simple question: Who owns the body of any given motorcycle rider? [B]In other words, whose property is, e.g., Ben Roethlisberger’s body? The obvious answer is: [U]Ben Roethlisberger[/U].[/B] Therefore, the only person who has the right to determine whether Roethlisberger wears a helmet while cycling is Roethlisberger himself. Those who agree with Cigna and Honsberger, however, [B]obviously believe that Roethlisberger’s body is actually the property of the state of Pennsylvania, for only if one believes that the state owns Roethlisberger’s body can one conclude that the state has the right to dictate to him what risks he may or may not take with his person[/B]. It’s simply a matter of private property. [U]Either Big Ben’s body belongs to him, in which case he can do what he wants with it, or it belongs to the state, in which case the legislature can dictate to him all kinds of things he may or may not do with it[/U]. There’s no middle ground. (There will be those who object that the risks a motorcyclist takes with his body are indeed the concern of the state because, if that cyclist is injured and cannot pay for his health care, the cost will fall on the rest of us via state medical assistance. [B]As Walter Williams is fond of saying, this is a problem of too much socialism – itself a violation of property rights – not of too much freedom[/B].) . . ." [/QUOTE]
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