07-11-2004, 08:28 AM
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#5 (permalink)
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> Biking is a thing that I do, like walking and is not
> politicised by what I do when I am on my bike.
=v= Biking is a great "way of life" that is far more accepted
in gridlocked NYC than in most of the country. One may not be
doing it for "political" reasons, but it's got repercusisons
in matters of the environment, land-use planning, and opting
out of oil wars.
=v= Politicization happens in other ways, too, though: in
Boston they've just announced that bikes will be banned from
transit systems for the duration of the Democratic National
Convention. Basically they're willing to screw over bikers
in a way that they wouldn't dream of doing to motorists.
That sort of second-class citizenship presumption has a way
of politicizing people.
> TA and Critical Mass are very political entities and it makes
> perfect sense for lefty bikers in NYC to organize through
> these groups.
=v= The organization involved is TIME'S UP!, not TA:
http://www.times-up.org/
I'm a little baffled about people confusing the two. TA hasn't
done a protest ride for a decade, or possibly several.
<_Jym_>
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