Originally Posted by Six-Shooter

Granted, but those sorts of posts go "to the man," being aimed (quite gratuitously in the case in point) at a particular poster instead of considering that issue in the abstract. And indeed, that has been an unfortunate pattern of this thread: someone will post their personal beliefs for wearing a helmet only to be ganged up on by two or three posters who try to undermine those beliefs and then disingenuously claim they believe in freedom of choice.