Originally posted by Bandit
personally, i LOVE the fact that i'm doing something different that not everyone approves of because it might be "unsafe." it reminds me that i'm not a lemming scurrying madly toward the abyss of normalcy. that others don't like it can only bother you if you let it. i rather like that they don't like it.
Indeed. Kinda like"you're laughing at me because I'm different and I'm laughing at you because you're all the same."
I carry a large Rubbermaid storage box with a lid on my BOB trailer,I have a bumper sticker on the box;"Question conformity". One day after I had finished shopping at Wal-Mart and was unlocking my bike and old lady walked up and said "Question conformity, what's that mean?"
Many people only feel safe when they commute with a couple tons of steel wrapped around them, a handgun under the seat and oh yes, the bar code window sticker to allow them entrance into their gated community.