[*BCM*] Take a hint

Thomas John Vitolo tjvitolo at bu.edu
Thu Sep 1 08:55:03 EDT 2005


I'm not so sure that this list is an appropriate reflection of the Boston
Critical Mass community.

 - stomv


Quoting Robotica <androidqueen at gmail.com>:

> personally, i'm using this list to help me decide whether CM is
> something i'd like to be a part of.
>
> -m
>
> On 9/1/05, contraelolvido at riseup.net <contraelolvido at riseup.net>
> wrote:
> > >some of us think more enforcement of bike traffic laws is in order
> and
> > >some do not.  that's fine.  but we should remember that,
> > >fundamentally, we're on the same side here
> > 
> > See, I don't think this is the case at all. As far as I'm
> concerned,
> > anyone who wants cops to crack down on biker's more is about as
> > bike-friendly as a drunk ape driving an SUV. But seriously, we've
> already
> > argued that point to death here.
> > 
> > I ride critical mass because it makes me feel safe biking in
> numbers, and
> > that feeling helps me get through the rest of the month when i bike
> alone> .
> > But that isn't why the next guy rides, and I like that. We all
> bring what
> > we want to the ride, and take what we need from it (dare I say it
> is
> > communistic?). Making it a 'protest' of this or that, or having
> > cheerleaders for this or that takes away from this.
> > 
> > I'm also confused as to the purpose of this list. I would guess
> that mayb> e
> > a half of the people on it don't regularly come to critical mass,
> and tha> t
> > less than a tenth of the people who do come even know about it.
> > 
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