You don't seem to understand how libel works.

There is ONE player who likely will not be suspended because he appears to have been exonerated — Gio Gonzalez.

Well, you get the concept then. Whether it can be extended is up for debate, but with smoking bans and helmets, I think it can be.

Let's use another example that doesn't involve death which may make it easier to debate.

I actually read it all, but didn't feel the need to respond to the rest. But if you really want to know my opinion.

That's fucking freaky. I answered honestly, and wound up on what I bought.

Call it what you want, we have a system for deciding things, they aren't arbitrary. Advocate if you want, but understand that your "slippery slope" whining is bogus.

And this, my friend, is why we have this crazy system where we get together and decide laws and have a system for selecting them, implementing them and making sure they don't violate our principles.

This is incorrect. It is not highly regional. There is regional variation, but, even in NH, most people wear seatbelts.

Yes.

Ugh. This is such a dumb comment. Sorry to say.

Ohhhh. Jesus Christ he's a goddamned idiot.

If extremist has a very specific and obvious connotation, you applied it. And you're continuing to apply it after I clearly described what context I was using it in.

No, being an extremist is relevant to your position on an issue compared to what other people think. If you are an extremist, you are on the outer edges of what most people think.

You are actually an extremist — you are on the extreme of the conversation. Most people do not debate the efficacy or value of seatbelt laws. You do. That makes you an extremist.

If you've got a better design, I'm sure they'd love to hear it.

If you see shades of grey, you don't ever demonstrate it.

Because you can ride it to work and leave it there. Or you can pick one up when you're across town from your snazzy bike. It also costs $75 a year in DC, which I'm guessing is a shitload less than your snazzy bike.

They could add it to my CaBi bill... but consolidate it so I don't have to have keys for every different city I travel to.

There is something called a balancing act — you balance the imposition on freedom versus the cost to other's freedom.