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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I bent the protest to my own will back in
2004. I think it was called the "Double Parked Car Danger Ride". We
went from a totally illegible gathering to 1/2 a notch to more
legible. The success was within my own mind only. The rows of double
parked cars are still prevalent in Boston.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is doable, but don't overestimate. No-one
can tell you not to do it.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=rsarnold@gmail.com href="mailto:rsarnold@gmail.com">Rob Arnold</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=list@bostoncriticalmass.org
href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">Boston Critical Mass</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 02, 2007 2:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [*BCM*] Re:
Bostoncriticalmass Digest, Vol 34, Issue 2</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Yes, it's an obvious argument, but I did want to point out to
the original poster why he/she'll get resistance or indifference from the
group. Not because CM's not about anything, but because it's *about* riding a
bike. Tagalong politics tend to get left on the curbside, where they belong.
Sure, wear your costumes and tape your signs to your messenger bags, but signs
and costumes are pretty common. Better, as other people suggest, to organize a
separate ride. Or, better yet, an inclusive protest that allows non-bike
people to participate as well. It's far easier to gather a group of likeminded
citizens to protest than it is to convert a preexisting group over to your
cause. I think claiming that CM isn't about anything makes it easy for people
to assume they can bend the protest to their own wills. People forget the most
obvious thing, it seems. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>