Quote Originally Posted by Fisherking View Post

However, in the strictest sense government does not or should not have the right to force people to do what is good for them. That is tyranny.
This is nonsense. Government forces us to obey the rules of the road so we dont all die in accidents because people can't decide properly who should go first at the intersection. They force us to stop at red lights, such tyranny! According to you, I guess we should be allowed to run any red light we want?

The government also forces us to go to school until we are at least 16-18 years old! I guess I should have called my congressman about the tyranny I was facing when I hated school in 8th grade and couldn't drop out.
Governments are not charged with protecting people from harm and it presents a danger of them going further.
Except for the whole military thing. Also that whole thing with the cops...and the firemen...

Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito View Post
If insurance companies made seat belt use a condition for reimbursement of medical treatment for accidents, would you wear a seatbelt? Repeal the seatbelt mandate and that is what would probably happen.
Is that how it was before the seatbelt mandate?