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Old November 11th 04, 10:59 PM
Dan
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:20:37 GMT, Dan wrote in
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Any attempt to simplify the helmet debate into soundbyte examples
will, by its very nature, ignore at least one crucial fact or effect,
to the point that the simplified example will necessarily be more
misleading than informative.

Guy


My hats off to you, Guy. Appreciate the viewpoints and pretty sound
knowledge. As one that leans towards safety because of the employment I've
grown so fond of (vs starving), I have been enlightened, somewhat.

Dan in Texas (not a hostage)
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Old November 12th 04, 12:08 AM
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:59:27 GMT, Dan wrote in
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My hats off to you, Guy. Appreciate the viewpoints and pretty sound
knowledge. As one that leans towards safety because of the employment I've
grown so fond of (vs starving), I have been enlightened, somewhat.


Pleased to be of service :-) Remember risk management 101: first,
reduce risk at source. Second, reduce exposure to risk. Third, and
only if 1 and 2 fail, use personal protective equipment.

Guy
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Old November 12th 04, 07:33 AM
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Dan Wrote:


One last question, how do you get a statistic on how many people
may have been saved by using a helmet? You can't possibly know,

because
they weren't a fatality. If I'm riding and T-bone a car, hit my

helmeted
noggin' and there is no injury except my poor busted helmet

(pocketbook
injury) and mangled wheel, where's the report that says, 'here is an
accident that could have been fatal but he was wearing a helmet'.

Won't
be one!




Well of course not- are you totally stupid? (Oh, that's right, you
are!)

You don't get accident reports based on what people believe might have
otherwise happened - god we'd be inundated with imaginative stories of
what people *believe* would have happened.

I was abducted by an alien while I was asleep and underwent surgery on
their spacecraft - it's true and I want to file a report!

Dan, you take the cake as the most deluded dimwit I've had occasion to
witness.


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