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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: "tjvitolo@bu.edu" <tjvitolo@bu.edu><BR>To: Boston Critical Mass <list@bostoncriticalmass.org><BR>Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:18:37 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Open letter to the Cycling Community<BR><BR>Quoting sari canelake <<A href="mailto:sari@mit.edu" ymailto="mailto:sari@mit.edu">sari@mit.edu</A>>:<BR><BR>> i think someone on this thread mentioned something about how non<BR>> violent techniques worked in the civil rights movement. i feel<BR>> like if we as bikers banded together to obey all the laws that we<BR>> are supposed to, together, more people could find it in their<BR>> hearts to be on our side.<BR><BR>Non violent techniques like those used in the Civil Rights Movement and <BR>by Gandhi and his followers were decidedly *not* law abiding. A <BR>particular Critical Mass draws substantial
negative press not when the <BR>riders are violating the law, but when they don't behave peacefully.<BR><BR>Each Critical Masser has his or her own reasons for riding, and those <BR>reasons are as varied and colorful as the Mass. Behaving peacefully in <BR>the face of violence requires tremendous courage, and I hope all <BR>Critical Massers have that courage and discipline during the ride and <BR>during all other parts of their lives.<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Boston Critical Mass mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org" ymailto="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</A><BR><A href="http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list" target=_blank>http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list</A><BR>To unsubscribe email <A href="mailto:list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org"
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