I am thankful to live in a country that is founded with a Constitution that supports FREEDOMS like SPEECH. I am thankful for a group of "like-minded" cyclists who all share a personal conviction and passion for an activity they love. I have read the aforementioned article and all corresponding posts and have experienced a full range of emotions as a result. My "personal conclusion" is that I am essentially sure we will never achieve: world peace, an end to the abortion debate, or a helmet wearing consensus. Yet the passion and conviction all share is the correct point-of-view for each respective poster. It is their choice and their voice and not my place to condemn, shame, or persuade them to my perspective. I am thankful to those who try to educate and pass on wisdom from their own life experiences without implying that any other perspective is wrong or flawed. As a teacher for 26 years, most teaching Honors English to 15-16 year old sophomores I have learned that even very intelligent "future contributing members of society" have enormously different perspectives on every topic addressed; yet each feels their view is correct, incorrectly feel the majority share their point of view(not often the case), and believe that by presenting their "status quo" beliefs--others will see the light. As my career wanes I have successfully adopted a new philosophy to challenge young adults to question everything "authorities" tell them, research both sides of issues, especially those they are most passionate about, and most importantly to live a life doing what is best for "themselves" not what others tell them they should do or be.
Sincerely, Ryan "heading out for a cold Thankgiving ride in the rain to my wife's dismay" Hankinson N. Muskegon, MI -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
