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Article #67Re: PEI Bicycle Helmet Zealots Thwarted
From: Avery Burdett
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00
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Ken Bognar (kbognar@direct.ca) writes: (snip) > There is a big difference. Are you in favor of helmets for pedestrians? > I didn't think so. Your argument makes no sense. Try convincing anybody > to wear a helmet when walking. I don't care if there are more accidents > per hour, per mile, per interaction in other activities, I don't have > any facts on those. I'm just in favor of helmet laws for cyclists > because those other activities are very hard to regulate. I'll let you > chase down the rock climber without a helmet. So you don't really care about reducing head injuries among the population. You just want your hatred of cyclists who don't look like you expressed through repressive laws. -- Avery Burdett Ottawa, Ontario
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fe616,3d27d1494f9197b X-Google-Attributes: gidfe616,public X-Google-Thread: f7b9c,1c3b7b60fa86588e X-Google-Attributes: gidf7b9c,public X-Google-Thread: f9fae,1c3b7b60fa86588e X-Google-Attributes: gidf9fae,public From: ab833@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Avery Burdett) Subject: Re: PEI Bicycle Helmet Zealots Thwarted Date: 1997/06/13 Message-ID: <5nsg9s$4db@freenet-news.carleton.ca> X-Deja-AN: 248226992 References: <339EF31C.1019@diespamjerk.sentex.net> <9706111626261407@portal.ca> <33A022DA.618E@direct.ca> <5npe2j$1l6@groucho.cs.ubc.ca> <33A17E31.B@direct.ca> X-Given-Sender: ab833@freenet5.carleton.ca (Avery Burdett) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Reply-To: ab833@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Avery Burdett) Newsgroups: ont.bicycle,bc.cycling,ns.general