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From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: A Point for Helmet Law is a Point for
Date: 21 Apr 1993 16:02:53 GMT
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In article 5967@prcrs.prc.com, terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham) writes:
>
>I know of no law, either on the books or proposed, that bans motorcycles
>from any place that i want to go to.

So you really see no problem with banning them from places to which you
don't want to go?

>I have not heard, or discussed with non-motorcycling persons, or read of
>any popular movement, either in the country as a whole, or in any of the
>states, that is out to 'get' motorcycles.

Talk to somebody in the insurance industry, particularly after a few
drinks.  Then talk to my mom (no booze required).  :^)

>One more thing, if the public is misinformed and misunderstands as you
>state, what are you and the others posting on this doing to correct the
>situation?   

Ever heard of the DoD?   :^)

>ever since I hit my teens I have found that there were
>terrible wrongs to right, attitudes to adust... [blah, blah, blah]

>Fortunately, I grew up!   :-)

Nah, you just became complacent that so long as your little quarter
acre is safe, you get your little tax deduction, and no act of the
government intrudes, in too direct and obvious a way, into your little
day to day life, you just don't give a shit.

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...

