What a piece of #### this guy is. I went ahead and did my homework and turned it in early.
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For an educated man....
.... you sure are a jackass.
Seeing as how you're a columnist for a somewhat respected news source, I would assume you are an educated man (apparently, this is quite the assumption).
Not all motorcyclists are, for the lack of a better term, dumbasses. Not all of us go out and stunt our bikes. Not all of us go ride through town and cut motorists off or run from the police. Contrary to your beliefs, most of us abide by the law just as much as those in automobiles do. I live in Indiana, where helmets aren't mandatory. Does that mean I ride around without one? No. Whether it's 30 degrees or 90 in the summer, I wear my helmet, no matter how uncomfortable it is. Since you chose to lump us motorcyclists together, I (according to your asinine logic) deserve to die and donate my 22 year old organs to somebody more deserving, regardless of the fact that I ride safe and wear the proper gear.
I can only hope that next time you violate any form of traffic violation, you wreck your automobile. Then, when you have violated the speed limit, cut off another car, etc., and you wreck, the hospital can refuse you treatment. After all, you had it coming Mr. "champion of the right to die". Then, seeing as how you're a complete waste of society's time, we can put your organs to use in somebody that deserves them..... no reason to keep them waiting unnecessarily...
Worse yet, what if your wife and children (if applicable) were to find themselves in such a situation? What if they performed a traffic violation and wound up in a wreck? We'll stop there, because I would never, ever wish death or injury upon someone, especially an innocent being (motorcyclists or motorist).
I hope your article was some sad attempt at satire or an attempt to save (what obviously must be) a dwindling writing career. You really are a piece of ####, there's no other way to describe people like you.
Enjoy yourself reading through the flood of e-mails your inbox will be receiving.