Rand Paul Ridicules Mask-Wearing as 'All About Submission' to Government

What about seat belts? Is this not an even more example of submission to the government? There is not even the possibility that me not wearing a seat belt could hurt someone else (except, perhaps, that I fly out of my window and strike a motorcycle going 80 mph the opposite direction).

Anyone who wears a seat belt yet complains that masks are government overreach are hypocrites.

Then there is also the issue that we are to be submissive to authorities. I guess sin....or rebellion....is engrained in us.

 

Interesting analogy of masks with seatbelts.
So with the permission of the OP, I shall continue.

In my driving classes, I would ask the students if the seatbelt law was good. Most people would say yes.
Then - I would say - lets suppose we make a law that would require all cars to have a light on top - which would light up when seatbelts were not being worn. Interesting - the students did not like that law.- Then I would recommend that all occupants of a vehicle should be required to wear a helmet - as that would reduce most head injuries - again - my students did not like that ideal either.

But the fact remains that people have died because they did have on a seat belt . Could be the car caught on fire, the vehicle plunged into water, or a short person - 5' 2" and below - seatbelts can be dangerous - as it could snap your neck - there are attachments you can get for that. But the bottom line is that wearing a seat belt does NOT guarantee you will survive a seatbelt. Same with a mask - do they help - YES - is it a guarantee that you will not get the Chinese virus - NOPE !

Than one last thing - when I talk to a pro-abortion - I mention that I am glad they are against the seat belt law. They ask what do you mean. My answer - Well, you beleive that a person has a right over his own body - so you must be against the law that says you must buckle up. Same with masks!

 

Great question!

IMHO - The job of Govt is to protect me from other people - not from myself.

So yes, the law should require a person to have headlights on his car, so I can see him/......

 

So you would be in favor that at least all drivers should be required to wear helmets ?
Am I correct?

 

People want things to be perfect. Well, we live in a world that has be messed up by sin. Thus nothing will be perfect. The Top 12 causes of death in the USA accounted for over 800,000 lives. Yet, the coverage even on the # 1 (Heart disease) w/ over 600.000 - has never recieved the coverage that the Chinesee virus has recd. ..12 Leading Causes of Death in the United States

So, the question - at what point does the virus become acceptable - what - no more than 50 deaths a day (= 18,000 per year)? # 12 on the list claims 38,000 / year = 105 per day.. In the middle of the list is # 5 (Stroke) is at 142,000 = 389 per day.

Going back to driving - some 50 years ago - motor vehicle deaths was 50,000 a year - population has double - so we will say - that would be 100,000 a year -(if no one wore seat belts) = 275 per day. - In the past 50 years due to seat belts and tougher DWI laws - the annual death was 50,000 50 years ago. Currently is almost 40,000 which is about 110 per day.

So, should we say that once daily Chinesee Virus death is below 350 a day - do we call that acceptable? Does that mean we can return to normal?