<DIV>Rush hour traffic isn't a parade. But if a group of people all decide to go the same route at the same time. (As in they make a consious decision to stay together and start following each other at that time) then it is a parade. Just happening to all be stuck in cars going the same way (or even stuck behind the parade) is just a waste of fuel.<BR><BR><B><I>Chung-chieh Shan <ccshan@post.harvard.edu></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On 2005-03-01T13:53:17-0800, Anne Wolfe wrote:<BR>> I think the ACLU would be loathe to get involved. If 50 people decide<BR>> to go around the same block at the same time, whether in cars, on<BR>> bikes or on foot or on horses, you'd be hard pressed not to call it a<BR>> parade.<BR><BR>I'm not sure if I understand you correctly... Is rush-hour traffic<BR>(or even not-so-rush-hour traffic) a parade, then?<BR><BR>-- <BR>Edit this signature at http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/ken/sig<BR>Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for<BR>machines to execute. -- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs.<BR><BR><BR>> ATTACHMENT part 1.2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Boston Critical Mass mailing
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