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To: alanrs who wrote (129859)	8/4/2005 6:08:37 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) of 793883

It pains me no end to put a silly helmet on when I go bike riding with my grandson, and yet I try to remember to do it The helmet laws, and the interplay between individual responsibility and freedom which they highlight, are a perfect vehicle for this discussion. A much much better one than my speeding, which is about the same thing, BridgePlayer's apoplectic rant notwithstanding. vbg. Helmets may do more harm than good, just as limiting me to 60 mph might do more harm than good because I'll get bored and therefore inattentive and therefore dangerous: agbu.une.edu.au bicycleuniverse.info There is going to come a time when he will test his limits and such. I would prefer he started from a place generally respectful of societies rules You are assuming that the rules, simply because they are rules, are good rules. This isn't always always the case. I would much rather teach my son to use his judgment, to determine rationally and intelligently whether the "rule" is a good one rather than demand robot-like obedience. Obviously, the young need a lot of guidance in this respect as their judgement is not fully mature, but it can be done.

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