April 13, 2007
Corzine and the seat belt
After a respectful moment of sympathy for Gov. Corzine's pain, and his family's:
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and another to wish him a full recovery:
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what the hell is the matter with him? How could the chief executive of a state routinely put the chief executive of his state, elected by and responsible to the voters to discharge his duties for a full term, at risk of death or injury for something so self-indulgent as not wearing a seatbelt? Not to mention that a governor has some duty to model responsible and rational behavior. If the motor pool were found to have neglected maintenance of the brakes or tires of a governor's vehicle, heads would roll, and rightly so. Apparently he routinely doesn't wear a belt: Corzine is not just being stupid, he's acted recklessly and put the welfare of his state at pointless risk, just as surely as if he decided to take up bungee jumping or Russian roulette while in office. This is really, really, bad behavior.
[UPDATE: Andy Sabl points out that bungee jumping is not as dangerous as it looks. The facts matter here (and per-hour-of-participation sports risks are actually not that easy to find). Plug in your own genuinely dangerous behavior - BASE jumping? free rock climbing? ]
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