Originally Posted by
chasm54
Reading comprehension fail on your part, I'm afraid.
He said that suggesting that one had a right not to wear a helmet was "silly" and that there was a wider "social good" - namely his misapprehension that he'd pay less taxes - that easily took precedence over that "silly right". That is a clear argument against freedom of choice. Try reading it again.
You suggested that his point was that people taking risks "should be stopped". That may be what he meant and it may not. You are filling in the gaps with conclusions of your own. It would have been fine to ask him if that was what he meant, but to go off on a rant based on the assumption that he meant something he didn't say is pretty weak.