I was reading an article by Michael Durbin about whether it is a right not to wear a seatbelt. He seems to claim that people do not have a right to choose whether to wear a seatbelt, or not. Then, most outrageously he compares it to abortion. Abortion!? I guess if you view an unborn baby as a means to an end, much like a car, you might get that idea. Then he gives the following scenario.
Consider this scenario to justify how someone loses liberty when a person doesn't wear a seat belt. If you have two identical accidents, let's take a truck flipped over while hill topping for example, in one the driver IS wearing their seat belt and the other the driver ISN'T. The overwhelming evidence shows that the driver not wearing a seat belt will suffer more injury than the driver who did wear their belt, most of the time. So the driver who did not wear a seat belt will take more of the liberty of those who have to provide care to him, in the form of their labor. He will require more attention, from the first responders to the hospital staff, because of more extensive injuries that occur.
He claims that the driver who doesn't wear the seatbelt is TAKING the liberty of the people that come to his aid. Really? Is there a law in Missouri that forces people to tend to other peoples injuries? Is the person that is caring for the injured person at liberty to not do that type of work? Furthermore, isn't that person at liberty to refuse to help that person? Is Missouri a communist state? Are people forced into labor in Missouri?
Oh wait, he compared it to abortion. Perhaps, the injured person will slice the arms and legs off of the rescue worker and cover him with acid in an effort to MURDER that person. Maybe, that is what he means. WOW! If that is what happens to rescue workers in Missouri, then I absolutely do not want to go to Missouri. Sounds like a very dangerous place.
This type of rhetoric is the same stupid political lies and simply stupid illogical...man, I can't even classify it as an argument because it is so worthless. It is a pathetic attempt to guilt people into turning over their freedoms and liberties by creating a false victim.
People, politicians in particular, should be blasted, laughed at, and ridiculed every time they make up these invalid claims as a means to further erode the rights, freedoms, and liberties of U.S. citizens. Michael Durbin should be embarrassed for even making such a inept case in public.
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