JT> Actually, I see it the other way around.  Your "individual choice" 
 JT> can end up costing me money if/when you become indigent as a result 
 JT> of a serious head injury. 
However, can we not argue that that is a way of the camel's nose to get 
under the tent? If one does not have an individual choice to wear or not 
wear a helmet (and my choice is TO wear one) then what about any OTHER 
dangerous activities that people might want to partake of? Would not the 
state have an equal right to restrict them? How about requiring people not 
to climb mountains, or swim or (see the thread title) eat fatty foods? 
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