"perhaps your right it might be safer...but as long as this is a free country I'm also free to be an idiot, whether that's by smoking, drinking, playing the lottery, sending my $$$ to questionable televangilists, driving a SUV, not recycling, sking, scuba diving, mountain climbing, having 10 children on a Wal-mart income, or any other of potentialy harmful legal activities and that includes not wearing a helmet."
I agree except on the smoking part. In certain places like resturaunts or anywhere it is close quarters. I don't inflict my nonsmoking on anyones health but a person smoking where I have to breathe it does. I quit 21 years ago and if I wanted to breathe it I would still be smoking. I have seen many towns are banning it totally anywhere in public. I don't agree with that. I think it should be up to the owner of the establishment not legislated. I can choose not to go somewhere if I don't want to just like I can turn the TV off if I don't wanna watch something.
