Dwight, riding a bike is legal, and doesnt alter one's mind, nor infringe on the rights of others ( as say driving under the influence, or say frying ones brain and becoming a burden on the taxpayers ). So, to exercise one's "freedom" at the point of breaking the law, it is abuse, and that is the context of the discussion and my response. We have some on here who feel that ignorance of the law is okay, but want the law changed to offer them sanction for their illicit behaviour. In breaking the law, they have abused their freedom and decided they are above society and its laws. That lawlessness is an abuse to the right and detrimental to it and hurtful to society that is of laws.


Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never be.----Thomas Jefferson