tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post6302651248163793198..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: Helmet LawRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-79241415988631497112010-03-18T23:07:53.181+00:002010-03-18T23:07:53.181+00:00Should this be attached to the St PAtrick's D...Should this be attached to the St PAtrick's Day post?Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-13912064873914925302010-03-18T22:14:38.850+00:002010-03-18T22:14:38.850+00:00what do you mean about "the irish' ..and ...what do you mean about "the irish' ..and ,yes,it is funnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-31768818177467517842010-03-15T19:35:39.328+00:002010-03-15T19:35:39.328+00:00I would agree with the second bit. No-one should ...I would agree with the second bit. No-one should get paid because someone else didn't warn them not to be a twat. But smokers, bike riders - who's next? Skiers? Mountaineers? Round-the-world yachtsmen? People who foolishly and recklessly go into forests alone and injure themselves? Should they accept responsibility for their own hospital treatment too? Once you decide to draw a line, you have to be very careful where it goes.<br /><br />Smokers (not that I am one) can always argue that they pay more into the NHS than they ever take out.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-68804471332894826022010-03-15T17:10:09.939+00:002010-03-15T17:10:09.939+00:00It would work as long as those exercising the righ...It would work as long as those exercising the right to smoke/not to wear a helmet etc accepted the corresponding responsibility for any resulting hospital costs etc - and we stopped the individuals' right to sue to compensate for their own stupidity.Derfnoreply@blogger.com