[*BCM*] Re: Bostoncriticalmass Digest, Vol 34, Issue 2

[John Hays]

Um - of COURSE you can choose not to ride with Critical Mass. Millions 
of people in the Greater Boston area choose to do just that. If you 
object to people in a  leaderless group with no enforced "message" to 
making up their own messages - BY ALL MEANS - don't ride.

- John Hays


Jim Leonard wrote:
>
> By the same token, I may choose not to ride with the group because of
> that.  While I may or may not support this specific cause, I do not want
> the appearance that I'm a part of a movement/protest that I'm not.  In
> fact I'd find it downright insulting and would be saddened that the
> pleasant ride I was looking forward to has been coopted.  Except for rides
> like CM it's not often that I can just go out riding in the city without
> having to ride ultradefensively (it's not that I'm not good at it, just
> that it's nice to not have to periodically).
>
> --jim
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