07-05-13, 05:56 PM
Ah, it wasnt meant as a personal attack, but you have kinda said what I meant... its up to the individual if they drink/smoke/eat junk/dont excersize/take drugs etc etc so it should be up to the individaul to decide what they want to wear.
After all, if I ride to the shops in shorts, I MIGHT come off, resulting in me MAYBE needing hospital treatment, its never happened before, and touch wood it won't happen, going by those odds its a calculated risk and about as likely as me being hit by a car whilst crossing the road... whereas if you are severly out of shape, drink excessively, smoke etc, then you WILL develop complications that will cost the nhs... be it lung disease, liver or kidney probs, high blood pressure, heart problems.. these things WILL happen as opposed to me MAYBE needing skin grafts.
Yes I know everyone dies eventually (except me, obviously, im indestructable), but forcing me into leather trousers and a hi vis aint gonna make a dent in the nhs bill, try legislating instead against some of the huge companies (cocacola, mcdonalds, greggs etc) if you want to see a real difference... but that will never happen cos the gready bastids have all the money for lawyers to protect their assets.
After all, if I ride to the shops in shorts, I MIGHT come off, resulting in me MAYBE needing hospital treatment, its never happened before, and touch wood it won't happen, going by those odds its a calculated risk and about as likely as me being hit by a car whilst crossing the road... whereas if you are severly out of shape, drink excessively, smoke etc, then you WILL develop complications that will cost the nhs... be it lung disease, liver or kidney probs, high blood pressure, heart problems.. these things WILL happen as opposed to me MAYBE needing skin grafts.
Yes I know everyone dies eventually (except me, obviously, im indestructable), but forcing me into leather trousers and a hi vis aint gonna make a dent in the nhs bill, try legislating instead against some of the huge companies (cocacola, mcdonalds, greggs etc) if you want to see a real difference... but that will never happen cos the gready bastids have all the money for lawyers to protect their assets.