No sane, compassionate person should celebrate when another human being meets with some sort of tragedy, especially if that tragedy results death. I issue that caveat prior to mentioning the death of a motorcyclist recently in Onondaga, N.Y.
The events surrounding the expiration of Philip Contos simply ooze with irony, though. Mr. Contos was astride his motorcycle alongside 550 other cyclists at a anti-helmet law rally. In what could be assumed an unexpected series of events, Contos lost control of his cycle and went ass over tea kettle, landing noggin first on the pavement.
According to investigators, Contos probably would have survived had he been wearing - here it comes- a helmet. I could find no information as to whether this rally was considered by the organizers to be a raging success or failure. The rally certainly made a statement.
The Belle of Ballast Point said a doctor friend who has seen many helmetless head injuries recently commented, and I paraphrase, "If these idiots want to ride and feel the wind in their hair, don't wear pants."
What the good doctor fails to understand is that "this here is the land of the free and we don't cotton to no damn government telling us what we can and cain't do. We's freedom lovin' Americans with wind in our hair and bugs on our tooth."
New York is missing one of its freedom loving Americans. How sad.
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