Comment by m463

> against seatbelts

I've been wondering about this kind of thing recently.

I think people struggle all their lives with independence, and it is wonderful when you get the feeling of being "sovereign". Being your own man (or woman), confident in who you are and what you can do.

And then we run into forces bigger than us, and some people continue to defend their sovereignty. They want their freedom and they don't want to be told what to do.

(For me, I hate things like companies that want to LOG IN to my bank account to verify my income/etc and will never give up that fight.

for someone else it might be seatbelts.

I wasn't really aware of the seatbelt fight, but I remember helmet laws. My position was that I would wear a helmet, but I wouldn't want to force someone else to wear one.

... on the other hand, I think it is ok to make kids wear helmets.