Recent events have got me to thinking bout' some things.
My friend had to go to court the other day; he was put on probation for 7 months and a 45 dollar fine for getting caught riding a bike without a helmet (he is 14)
now i dunno bout' other countries, but in America, that is illegal until you are 18.
True helmets can save lives if you are in an accdient or crash or hit your head or whatever, but should it really be illegal to not have a helmet. I mena after all, it's your life, and your perogitive, well or is it.
It is kind of ironic, in places like where i live, it is illegal to ride on the sidewalk, but they don't bother to put in bike lanes in a lot of areas. hmmm
ok so maybe the bike helmet thing isn't as stupid as i made it seem to be, but 7 months probation and a 45 dollar fine (while not a lot) is still a lil' harsh.
Also you have things like smoking. I am by no means saying i approve of smoking, i hate smoking, it pisses me off when i walk somewhere in a public area and somebody blows a cloud of **** in my face, eyes and mouth, but they know it kills you right? It gives you lung cancer most notebly and many other problems. Ok. So instead of making it illegal.. you have to be over 18 to smoke...
ok... so you have to wait 18 years before you are aloud to kill yourself? (which brings me to another thing that i will get to ina sec) As mentioned before, i hate smoking so you;d think i would want less smokers out there, but it just seems a lil ' screwy that you have to become a certain age before you can legally smoke. Now i can be annoying and prove mself wrong, by saying possibly they don't little kids with bad judgement at such a young age to say "hey, smoking is sweet, i'll smoke too!" but if they are really that dumb, they are going to grow up to only become less intelligent, i don't really mind if they go.
ok by now, the first two may not really be stupidity, but the real thing that i don't think makes a whole lot of common sense.. it is illegal to commit suicide. Now it is not illegal to smoke after 18, but it is illegal to commit suicide, no matter your age. Now the only way that you could actually have to pay for commiting suicide, is if you
failed .
That is a crowing achievement in stupiddity i beleive. If you are going ot commit suicide, at least make it "dignified" and do it right..
anyways, to some it up, smoking should be entirely illegal i think, i mean it's 0 and 2 already (murder and suicide)
thoughts?
