I dig the video, alleycats, etc, but I hope you don't mean this in the sense that messengers have a greater right to the street (I'm going to assume you didn't).

All the same, I would like to take this opportunity to state the following: messengers do not own a) the streets, b) alleycats, c) urban cycling culture d) fixed gear culture. Fixed gear, street races, and bike culture were here long before messenger culture became the pop-culture darling that it is today and real messengers felt they had something to defend. I have immense respect for the skill of many of these riders, but anyone who claims superiority or self-extolled street cred because they mess can kiss my ****ing ass. I know this is a volatile remark and a bit off-topic, but this thread is already full of piss and vinegar as it is, will probably be locked by the end of the day, and this is a point that bugs the hell out of me.