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09-08-2004, 01:22 AM

"Chalo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message

>But as I'm sure you're aware, you don't have to be doing anything illegal
> or even unusual to be detained and hassled by the cops without being
> formally arrested.

I don't know, never happened to me. The few times I've been arrested, I was
actually breaking the law. I never had any hard feelings for the cops that
put me in jail; they were doing their job and I was being an idiot.

The moto is just a coping strategy-- but
> one that asserts my committment to assuming responsibility for as many
> of the consequences of my driving as I can manage. It's my attempt to
> embody the opposite of the Hummer driver recently quoted in National
> Geographic saying, "I love knowing that whatever I run into, I win."
>
> My moto really doesn't use as much gas as a typical car, or rack up
> nearly as many miles.

We're actually on the same side here. I hate Hummers too.

> Are you suggesting that Californians don't pick up the tab for
> uninsured patients if they are USAians?

Of course not. But the point is that we've got to draw the line somewhere.

> > In case you haven't noticed, white people abolished slavery a long time
ago
> > and the mentality that went along with it.
>
> If only!

I know plenty of white people, and not one wants to bring back slavery.

Dave

09-08-2004, 01:22 AM

"Chalo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message

>But as I'm sure you're aware, you don't have to be doing anything illegal
> or even unusual to be detained and hassled by the cops without being
> formally arrested.

I don't know, never happened to me. The few times I've been arrested, I was
actually breaking the law. I never had any hard feelings for the cops that
put me in jail; they were doing their job and I was being an idiot.

The moto is just a coping strategy-- but
> one that asserts my committment to assuming responsibility for as many
> of the consequences of my driving as I can manage. It's my attempt to
> embody the opposite of the Hummer driver recently quoted in National
> Geographic saying, "I love knowing that whatever I run into, I win."
>
> My moto really doesn't use as much gas as a typical car, or rack up
> nearly as many miles.

We're actually on the same side here. I hate Hummers too.

> Are you suggesting that Californians don't pick up the tab for
> uninsured patients if they are USAians?

Of course not. But the point is that we've got to draw the line somewhere.

> > In case you haven't noticed, white people abolished slavery a long time
ago
> > and the mentality that went along with it.
>
> If only!

I know plenty of white people, and not one wants to bring back slavery.

Dave

09-08-2004, 01:22 AM

"Chalo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message

>But as I'm sure you're aware, you don't have to be doing anything illegal
> or even unusual to be detained and hassled by the cops without being
> formally arrested.

I don't know, never happened to me. The few times I've been arrested, I was
actually breaking the law. I never had any hard feelings for the cops that
put me in jail; they were doing their job and I was being an idiot.

The moto is just a coping strategy-- but
> one that asserts my committment to assuming responsibility for as many
> of the consequences of my driving as I can manage. It's my attempt to
> embody the opposite of the Hummer driver recently quoted in National
> Geographic saying, "I love knowing that whatever I run into, I win."
>
> My moto really doesn't use as much gas as a typical car, or rack up
> nearly as many miles.

We're actually on the same side here. I hate Hummers too.

> Are you suggesting that Californians don't pick up the tab for
> uninsured patients if they are USAians?

Of course not. But the point is that we've got to draw the line somewhere.

> > In case you haven't noticed, white people abolished slavery a long time
ago
> > and the mentality that went along with it.
>
> If only!

I know plenty of white people, and not one wants to bring back slavery.

Dave