In light of yesterday's discussion on separate workout times for women....<br><br>
I was aware of this<br><br><a href="http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/310323" target="_blank">http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/310323</a><br><br>
case winding through the courts. I figured this would be the result. In this case, safety trumps religion. The actuarial information is funny. How would you like to be the 0.8 person of the 0.2 fraction that died?<br><br>
"There is a "breach'' of freedom of religion inherent in the provincial law, Blacklock acknowledged, because, as a pious Sikh, Badesha can't enjoy a common activity available to anyone with a motorcycle licence. His faith doesn't allow him to go about with head bare or turban covered. But the infringement is justifiable, given the government's responsibility to protect all lives, no less that of Sikhs, while containing the cost of head trauma injuries, which are known to spike in jurisdictions without helmet laws.<br><br>
The extrapolated actuarial tables, presented in court at the earlier hearing, are a bit befuddling. But, cutting to the chase, it's estimated that 2.2 Sikhs in Ontario would die annually in motorcycle accidents without helmets (as of the estimated Sikh motorcycle population in 2001) and four deaths annually by 2017."
I was aware of this<br><br><a href="http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/310323" target="_blank">http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/310323</a><br><br>
case winding through the courts. I figured this would be the result. In this case, safety trumps religion. The actuarial information is funny. How would you like to be the 0.8 person of the 0.2 fraction that died?<br><br>
"There is a "breach'' of freedom of religion inherent in the provincial law, Blacklock acknowledged, because, as a pious Sikh, Badesha can't enjoy a common activity available to anyone with a motorcycle licence. His faith doesn't allow him to go about with head bare or turban covered. But the infringement is justifiable, given the government's responsibility to protect all lives, no less that of Sikhs, while containing the cost of head trauma injuries, which are known to spike in jurisdictions without helmet laws.<br><br>
The extrapolated actuarial tables, presented in court at the earlier hearing, are a bit befuddling. But, cutting to the chase, it's estimated that 2.2 Sikhs in Ontario would die annually in motorcycle accidents without helmets (as of the estimated Sikh motorcycle population in 2001) and four deaths annually by 2017."
