I'm curious what everyone thinks about the poltical nature of CM?<br>Can CM exist apolitically? Or is this form of bike activism inextricably tied to certain "political" leanings?<br>would a Neo-Con be welcome on the ride?
<br>-Dan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jason Orach</b> <<a href="mailto:jorach@gmail.com">jorach@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Dan Zarella wrote:<br>"just as I (perhaps we?) critize the choice between wage slavery and<br>starvation as no choice at all,"<br><br>This isn't a criticism of your beliefs Dan, but one of the big turn<br>offs for me about CM is the constant crusade against "the machine" and
<br>the constant stream of anarchist politics in the ride, I know a lot of<br>people feel the same. It alienates a lot of people who aren't<br>concerned about bringing down the system, but who just want to be able<br>to ride their bikes in peace on the streets.
<br><br>Let's work together to promote bikes, and leave our political agendas<br>at the bike rack.<br><br>- Jason Orach<br>_______________________________________________<br>Boston Critical Mass mailing list<br><a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">
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