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Posted by Alexey on June 17, 2008, 4:51 pm
>
> >> 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
My view is that getting wasted and costing your employer money because
of it is a far cry from being a beacon of rugged individualism.
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