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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!g38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <63d50a99-e577-4cad-a6bb-1a3e5af9f777@g38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Tory MP in 4x4 fined for 'momentary lapse of concentration' Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 06:27:16 -0800 (PST) References:   <4MydneNRwZTU4RTUnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@bt.com> Lines: 29 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.151.152.80 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1234016836 4127 127.0.0.1 (7 Feb 2009 14:27:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 14:27:16 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: g38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.151.152.80; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009011913 Firefox/3.0.6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2480 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:685239

On Feb 4, 11:30=A0am, "wafflycat"  wrote: > "David Hansen"  wrote in message > > news:k2rio498gct6ed3bqhta09j58q989460s7@4ax.com... > > > On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 01:35:10 -0800 (PST) someone who may be Squashme > >  wrote this:- > > >>Why wasn't the victim wearing body armour, you may ask? > > > They didn't even mention the h-word. > > Speaking of which... > > http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/court-judgment-has-major-implic... > > http://info.beachcroft.co.uk/ve/ZZ7230J72Cj62Bw73n

Quite right. If you're not going to wear a helmet, because of some shit along the lines of "I don't have to do anything that other people say I should, because I'm using a morally superior form of transport", that's your choice. But if that choice of yours contributes towards subsequent injuries that you receive, why on Earth should someone else pay for what is your decision?

It cuts both ways. If you get to decide whether or not you do something, you must also be responsible for the consequences. You can't have one without the other.