I was unaware that CM rider's demand police protection? I'm at the CM rides and I sure don't demand their protection. I like to see them there since they add a little "spice" to the ride but I don't need them for protection.
The police have not been a factor in the ride since one of the cops feel and injured herself a few months back. Cheers, --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 11:00:32 -0800 (PST) Martin Lund > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > .... > > > > I'm quite curious as to *anyone's* thoughts on why > > exactly Critical Mass ride "demand police > protection". > > Martin, Critical Mass rides demand police protection > because the powers > that be in this city decide that amount of such and > such amount of police > presence is warranted. Right or wrong, that's just > the way it is. > > I suppose you could contact your alder about it but > I doubt very much > asking for less police surveillance would do much > good. > > My guess is that the cops in town get plenty of > calls from irate > motorists on their cell phones, complaining about > unruly bicyclists in > their way, breaking the city's traffic rules, > slowing auto traffic down, > preventing the typical motorist driving Madison's > streets from escaping > out to Sprawling faster, for the cheaper good life > out there. > > With the exception of the much improved and expanded > bicycle trail system > this city has invested in over the last three > decades, bicyclists and > pedestrians have really lost ground in the 30 some > odd years I have been > bicycle commuting in this city. And as I said in a > different post on > this same subject, I don't really see efforts going > into the current > versions of CM ride being of much help --more of a > hindrance and > antagonism, leading to more aggression by both > opposing forces. Perhaps > someone else can propose something or suggest > something to help promote > bicycle riding as a more recognized and used form of > transportation in > the city on Earth Day this year? I gave it my best > shot last year, with > little success. > . > - Mike > > "It really boils down to this: that all life is > inter-related. We are > caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied > in a single garment > of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects > all indirectly� This > is the way our universe is structured, it is its > inter-related quality. > We aren't going to have peace on earth until we > recognize this basic fact > of the inter-related structure of all reality." > -- Martin Luther King Jr., 1967 > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies ===== Steve Tudisco "Beer not Bombs" __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
