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Old 10-13-15 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
Actually, I thought the anti helmet guys in the WSJ article were pretty reasonable.

They didn't argue that helmets were not a good idea; rather that mandatory helmet laws are counterproductive.

The more strident anti helmet law posters in the A&S thread, are such zealots that they take what the majority of reasonable people would believe to be ridiculous positions.

So the article was at least better than the A&S thread.
As a non-helmet wearer and openly anti-helmet-law cyclist, I should have given that side more credit than my post did. The other side, on the other hand, doesn't deserve any extra ;-)
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