As Americans, we love our freedoms. Our country was founded on the right
             to choose all sorts of things, including how to worship, what to say, and
             what to read. However, the Supreme Court ruled a long time ago that one
             person's freedom ends when expressing that freedom puts others in harm's
             way, so we can't yell "FIRE!" in a crowded movie theater just to get a
             Obviously it is a bad idea to create a panicked stampede in a crowded
             movie theater for no reason, but other actions affect others as well.
             Recently the voters of Massachusetts refused to pass a law requiring people
             in cars to wear seat belts, viewing it as an infringement on free choice.
             Without laws, our society would not function well. If it were legal
             to sneak into stores and steal money from the cash register, more people
             would probably do it, eventually causing a rise in prices that would hurt
             everyone and not just the person robbed. I believe that not using seat
             belts has a hidden effect on others as well. In an accident, people who do
             not use seat and shoulder belts are more likely to be seriously injured.
             If the driver of the car is insured, the insurance company will have to pay
             for the needed medical care. If the person's health care pays, then that
             insurance company will have to pay -- raising insurance rates for all. If
             neither the car nor the person were insured, then the public will end up
             People can choose to act recklessly until it affects other people.
             Seat belts save money as well as lives, and we should not all have to have
             our insurance rates or public expenditures on health care rise
             unnecessarily because some made a personal choice.
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