<DIV>A thought,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Would anyone like to meet at the location tomorrow morning? I should take the higher road and give him an apology... and ask for one in return. I am looking for a civil confrontation only, NOT fuel on the fire.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would like to have a show of support from the bike community so that he can see that his actions affect many of us. Anyone with me? He is there at 8:00 am directing traffic at the intersection at Summer St and Purchase St in downtown.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Since my language to the officer will prevent my complaint from being heard, this would be a good way to get through to at least one person. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>let me know if you are interested.</DIV> <DIV>- Jon<BR><BR><B><I>Jon Ramos <jontramos@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px
solid"> <DIV>d.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I agree, my choice of words was indeed so poor that it is likely that my story wouldn't be taken seriously. I was acting like an asshole just as much as the cop... or almost as much. Looking back, I shouldn't have said all that and I can only blame myself. At the moment I was sooo angry I just lost it. I am not usually one who gets that infuriated but even now (5 hours later I am still heated).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I mostly wanted to share with the BCM list as a means to vent out, and I suppose to give warning.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>- Jon<BR></DIV> <DIV>One thing I did forget to mention that further annoyed me... When the cop was moaning about how tough his job is, and that I should file to become a cop if I thought I could do better. I said that I didn't want to be a cop, which is why I am not a cop, and that if I were to be a public servant I would be a fire fighter. (yes
this is off the point, but it did get said) His reply was something to the effect of: fire figerters are lazy and just sit around the station all day, and that their job is easy. This just pissed me off because I have good friends that are fire fighters and their jobs are not easy. I only bring this up because I have a lot of respect for fire fighters.</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Dan Barrett <dbx@pobox.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">> I suggest filing the report and then calling the Mayor's office of<BR>> Neighborhood services to follow up. The Mayor is the only way to get a<BR>> thing done in this town, but you have to go through the regular rigamorale<BR>> to get there. I would also call the police captain for that police<BR>> district personally.<BR><BR><BR>Did I read Jon's account incorrectly, or did he call the cop a
"fucking<BR>pig?" If he really did, I wouldn't bother following up with anything; the<BR>entire episode is tainted by his choice of words.<BR><BR>d.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Boston Critical Mass mailing list<BR>list@bostoncriticalmass.org<BR>http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list<BR>To unsubscribe email list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV> <HR SIZE=1> <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman3/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39666/*http://messenger.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.</A> PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates._______________________________________________<BR>Boston Critical Mass mailing list<BR>list@bostoncriticalmass.org<BR>http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list<BR>To unsubscribe email list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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