Saturday, December 17, 2011

Driving: Will nanny state take it away?

Frank J. Fleming - NYPOST.com  h/t Behind the Black

quotes:
Face it: We’re just not those people anymore. We don’t do dangerous things where lots of people could be hurt . . . even if they’re really cool and fun ideas. You can say we value human life more now, but it’s probably more apt to say we’re much sissier.
We’ll be a much safer people, at least until another country decides to steal our lunch money.
Comment:

Governments are risk averse.  The less influence the government has, the less influence this phenomenon will have.  We already pay a lot for a big, overpowering, nanny state government.  But we really aren't safe, that's the whole point.

Update:

The argument given by Bill Whittle below is faultless. But, it may be too much like the argument between the wolf and the lamb in Aesop's Fables.

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