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Posted by Champ on June 17, 2008, 1:15 pm
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>> Besides, it was just a rental car and we know how racers and rentals just
>> don't seem to mix and for the beer? Gimmee a f'ing break, at least it
>> wasn't heroin, crack, or speed with a few hookrz...
>
>I'm sorry, but the whole "boys will be boys" argument doesn't make sense to
>me. At a time when public perception is so critical to our ability to not
>only grow the sport, but maintain some modicum of public acceptance vital to
>our ability to pursue it, there has to be some evolution involved. More and
>more we are going to find ourselves at the mercy of public opinion. As oil
>costs climb higher and sports like ours are seen as increasingly unessential
>by the non-riding public, we have to consider how our actions reflect on us
>as a whole and how it impacts our ability to gain support for our causes.
>Dismissing actions like this as harmless when we are fighting tooth and nail
>every day with city councils, homeowner's associations, enviros and
>politicians to prevent them from restricting us into oblivion is ignorant.
>These kind of shenanigans might have seemed innocent or even a rite of
>passage a mere few decades ago, but they have much more far-reaching
>ramifications in today's politically sensitive, environmentally conscious
>world where the stereotypical assumptions about motorcyclists are anathema
>to us all.
My view is that it's our job to resist this modern
'politically-sensitive, enviromentally-conscious' bullshit, rather
than roll over and accept it.
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk
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