Originally Posted by
Joe Minton
FBinNY: Excellent clarification, thank you.
I assumed (ass out of u and me) we were only considering accidental death here and not "seniors still die the old fashioned way". I am a Senior(74) and am attempting to modernize the Old Fashioned Way by exercising, eating well and seeing my doctor more often than a Real Man would. ;o)
If one takes a step back, as you made me do, and considers all the ways and hows of death in the USA then heart & cancer and so on take their overriding position. While making great progress against heart disease and cancer, they remain the major killers.
The main reason I have returned to this forum is simple: I know a great deal about the mechanisms and consequences of head injury when related to helmet usage. And, there is way-to-much “Bovine Scatology” (Norman Schwarzkopf) in this forum. Folks are being distracted, confused and misdirected by the trolls.
The great curse of the internet and, in this case, the “Helmet Thread” is the presence of self-involved, sophomoric men (mostly) who only seem to want to “win” rather than enlighten. I have no patience with such. We should strive to enlighten and support and not just “Win”.
Joe
I come to this thread just to see what the latest squabbles are about. Personally, I wear a helmet for whatever reason. It's my preference. I could not care less if someone else wears one or not. If they smash their head and have to learn how to talk and take a crap on their own all over again because they were too stubborn to wear a helmet, it's not in any way my concern. I figure it's just Darwin's theory running its course.