From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sat Sep 08 2001 - 09:25:26 MDT
Alfio Puglisi wrote:
>
> On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> >Alfio Puglisi wrote:
> >> On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> >> >Why isn't driving voluntary?
> >>
> >> It's voluntary as long as you just kill yourself. But all the other people
> >> involved usually didn't choose to drive too fast..
> >
> >So? Secondhand smoke is harmful too, and kids don't get to choose what
> >their parents serve them for food. Similarly, so much crime is drug
> >related that it's victims (which includes a large chunk of gunshot
> >victims) are also involuntary participants but caused by voluntary
> >activity. Why the double standard?
> >
>
> Ok, point taken. I think it depends on the "directness": if someone smoke
> near me, I can ask him to stop, or to blow on the other side, and anyway
> it won't be that single cigarette to get me lung cancer. With car, it's
> just a "Hey!" and *crash*. For drug related crime and similars, we are
> entering a more complex field, IMHO..
If you choose to drive, or to walk beside a road, you are voluntarily
assuming the risk that you could be in an accident with another car that
is out of your control.
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