I'm as much about freedom of choice as the next American but sometimes, just sometimes, laws are indeed there to protect us. This poor guy was participating in a protest over mandatory helmet laws for motorcyclists when he fell, hit his head, and died.

It's sad. It's ironic. It's a lesson. I only ever rode my motorcycle once without a helmet and that was for a pretty short distance. It felt kind of freeing but more scary than anything. It's just not worth taking the chance.

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