its civil disobedience 101 that you have to play by ALL the rules for your cause to get any sort of traction. in the very rare case where breaking a rule could advance your cause you have to be very somber and serious about it.

look at the civil rights movement. if blacks went up into "whites only" diners and started dancing on the counters they wouldn't have gotten anywhere. people get all upset about bikes not getting any respect on the road and then they just go and breed more resentment out of motorists by acting like morons at CM.

once you start doing that kind of thing, your cause looses all political relevance. its not a protest anymore, its just hooligans.

i wasnt trying to say that the woman was inocent. it was a bad combination irritable bike mob and clueless suburbanite. i really cant say who is at fault, but the cyclists could have taken the high road and not retaliated.