{"id":33891,"date":"2011-04-09T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uk-transportation-secretary-refuses-to-wear-a-bicycle-helmet-says-its-his-libertarian-right\/"},"modified":"2011-04-09T23:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T23:41:00","slug":"uk-transportation-secretary-refuses-to-wear-a-bicycle-helmet-says-its-his-libertarian-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/uk-transportation-secretary-refuses-to-wear-a-bicycle-helmet-says-its-his-libertarian-right.php","title":{"rendered":"UK Transportation Secretary refuses to wear a Bicycle Helmet; Says it&#8217;s his &quot;libertarian right&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-JzO9mtraZgM\/TaETFOLOToI\/AAAAAAAAR84\/QtKKbOGIs0o\/s1600\/BikeHelmet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aaef4_BikeHelmet.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><strong>London's \"libertarian\" Mayor avoids the helmets too<\/strong><\/p><p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/skynews\/Home\/Cycling-Minister-Norman-Baker-Doesnt-Wear-Helmet-When-He-Uses-His-Bike-Campaigners-Criticise-MP\/Article\/201104215969311?lpos=Home_First_Poilitics_Article_Teaser_Regi_0&amp;lid=ARTICLE_15969311_Cycling_Minister_Norman_Baker_Doesnt_Wear_Helmet_When_He_Uses_His_Bike%2C_Campaigners_Criticise_MP\">SkyNews<\/a>:<\/p><blockquote><p>Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes and a transport minister, said it his \"libertarian right\" to ride without protective headgear.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-j7P1SoInpI0\/TaESzrgNqHI\/AAAAAAAAR8w\/OUbea66qT7U\/s1600\/BorisJohnson.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aaef4_BorisJohnson.bmp\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\"I don't wear a helmet when I cycle. The first reason is that I don't want to. I don't want to wear something on my head,\" he said.<\/p><p>\"For me the joy of cycling is to have the wind in your hair, such as I have left. It's free, it's unencumbered; I don't want to be loaded down.\"<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Continuing:<\/p><blockquote><p>London Mayor Boris Johnson, a keen cyclist, has also admitted he stopped wearing one because it was \"hot and scratchy\".<\/p><\/blockquote><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aaef4_7828681836623105417-3794182741145047974?l=www.libertarianrepublican.net\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London's \"libertarian\" Mayor avoids the helmets tooFrom SkyNews:Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes and a transport minister, said it his \"libertarian right\" to ride without protective headgear.\"I don't wear a helmet when I cycle. The first reason is that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/uk-transportation-secretary-refuses-to-wear-a-bicycle-helmet-says-its-his-libertarian-right.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarian"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}