Thus is the center of nature vs. nurture debates. Most can agree both have an influence, but social factors play a bigger role than genetics.King Toasty said:Yeah, if you have a socialized heath care system like Canada (or even America, to an extent), then the public is paying for your stupidity. Unless you refuse hospital service.Bags159 said:Hospital bills, undue hardship on your family, not to mention it costs money to clean your body off of the road. I'm sure if not wearing your helmet literally only affected you there would not be a law against it.Dense_Electric said:Tell me why exactly should a person have to obey a law that protects them? Oh, other people, sure, but why themselves? As far as I can see if someone wants to kill themselves that's really their own damn business.appleblush said:I don't believe there is any defined rights to stupidly disobey laws designed for the protection of the citizen and the people around them. The small minority of people who seem to think that "freedom" means "no laws at all" are the only people who think otherwise.
Also, I think we're a bigger population than you realize.
Human evolution is completely messed up, though.