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i think that i've decided to stop caring. there are just too many goddamn viewpoints on something so horribly simple that i don't really see the point. <BR>
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people are horrible. no shit. <BR>
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i'm gonna keep hauling ass through traffic because i know how to, because i can, because more of you should. <BR>
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there are others out there like me and if everyone rode like us these streets would be ours. shared properly. <BR>
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i'm not that young. i'm 27. i'll be scaring the shit out of drivers tomorrow on the way to work.. they should be on bikes anyway. <BR>
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<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:18:37 -0400<BR>> From: tjvitolo@bu.edu<BR>> To: list@bostoncriticalmass.org<BR>> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Open letter to the Cycling Community<BR>> <BR>> Quoting sari canelake <sari@mit.edu>:<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>> list@bostoncriticalmass.org<BR>> http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list<BR>> To unsubscribe email list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org<BR><BR><br /><hr />Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger2_072008' target='_new'>IM anytime you're online.</a></body>
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