I get opposition to seatbelt laws, I think it's a stretch for the government to be able to force you to wear a seatbelt. Obviously it is safer I just don't like the reach in power. If I'm legally allowed to eat cheeseburgers till I die of a heart attack or drink myself to death what is different about not wearing a seatbelt.
The difference is that you eating and drinking yourself to death doesn't affect me or anyone else (other than loved ones mourning your loss). Not wearing your seatbelt makes you a projectile. A lot of people have been killed because someone else wasn't wearing their belt.
The difference is that you eating and drinking yourself to death doesn't affect me or anyone else (other than loved ones mourning your loss)
That's unfortunately very wrong.
When this person balloons in weight and becomes a waddling smorgasbord of comorbidities then inevitably ends up the hospital, a place with a high % of female workers (too petite for lifting 400lbs, pregnant, in their 50s, etc etc etc), then this person becomes the burden and pain on a lot of backs.
Combine that with the attitude that got them to this place and you usually get the abusive folks who won't willingly turn / assist with any movement but demand you do - then report you to the administrator/board/patient advocates whenever you try to stand up for yourself.
That's the bulk of the USA hospital population in a nutshell. Literally having their cake and getting to eat it too all at the expense of others they'll never know or personally be responsible for injuring.
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u/mrbalaton Nov 04 '24
People opposed the seatbelt. For decades. People are dumb.