Originally Posted by
mcours2006
I know anecdotal evidence doesn't count for much here but I've been involved in two crashes in the past three years. One was my own fault and the other involved a car. I am thankful that both times I wore a helmet. So it amuses me that folks are arguing against the helmet as a piece of safety equipment.
Well ... if you cannot understand maybe don't comment.
I see two debates here. One is about the study, which some people accept without examining because it supports their biases.
The other is about mandatory helmet laws.
No one here has said that a helmet is not a piece of safety gear. No one has said that in some situations, it can prevent some injuries. Those are straw men thrown up by people who do not want a discussion, but rather want everyone to agree with their opinions.
If people used the slightest bit of intellectual honesty and rigor when discussing things here, we might actually have profitable discussions ... some folks might, anyway.
Man, do i miss the days when passionately held but logically unsupportable views were deemed less important than fact-based arguments ... or maybe I just miss being part of a community that actually cared about making logical, fact-based arguments.