'The Bicycle as a Vehicle of Protest'
06-11-20, 08:19 AM
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'The Bicycle as a Vehicle of Protest'
'Bicycles take over Flatbush Ave. during a protest.
'Bicycles are powerful things--inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.'
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...cle-of-protest
'Bicycles are powerful things--inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.'
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...cle-of-protest
06-11-20, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Arthur Peabody
'Bicycles take over Flatbush Ave. during a protest.
'Bicycles are powerful things--inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.'
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...cle-of-protest
'Bicycles are powerful things--inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.'
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...cle-of-protest
I grew up during the later 60s and we protested and stayed to get arrested.
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06-11-20, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by GlennR
Why would you need to "sneak up" and what would you have done to need to "speed off"?
I grew up during the later 60s and we protested and stayed to get arrested.
I grew up during the later 60s and we protested and stayed to get arrested.
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06-11-20, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Arthur Peabody
Bicycles are ... inexpensive
06-11-20, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by 55murray
You are a better person than I. I did indeed attend a protest at night on my bike, and did a lot of speeding off. I feel like a horrible person for admitting this, but it was the most fun I had in a long time.
Next time toss a pair of women's panties under the bed and wait for the wife to find them
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Originally Posted by GlennR
Danger is exciting.
Next time toss a pair of women's panties under the bed and wait for the wife to find them
Next time toss a pair of women's panties under the bed and wait for the wife to find them
Wife: "Oh here they are."
06-11-20, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by theDirtyLemon
[two weeks later]
Wife: "Oh here they are."
Wife: "Oh here they are."
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Originally Posted by GlennR
More like, Wife: "where did this thong come from?"
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Originally Posted by GlennR
I grew up during the later 60s and we protested and stayed to get arrested.
06-11-20, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by mstateglfr
I wouldn't take you for one to have been arrested. How many protests were you arrested at?
Nothing wrong about getting arrested for civil disobedience. But having a bicycle for a "quick get away" implies you did something criminal.
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06-11-20, 03:34 PM
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After reading the article I now understand your tactics of protest. You are s bike hero. Thank you
06-11-20, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by GlennR
More like, Wife: "where did this thong come from?"
06-11-20, 05:48 PM
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Now I understand why I keep seeing so much video of cyclists being [pick your action verb] by the police during these protests.
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Originally Posted by GlennR
More like, Wife: "where did this thong come from?"
William Shatner has discontinued his new line of lingerie.
Apparently, Shatner panties wasn’t the best choice for a name.
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06-12-20, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Rigsson
William Shatner has discontinued his new line of lingerie.
Apparently, Shatner panties wasn’t the best choice for a name.
06-12-20, 06:32 AM
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Sorry to the OP if i derailed this very important topic of the use of a bicycle as a tool of civil rights. Because if Rosa Parks ran out of the back door instead of staying and getting arrested, she would of been just another unnamed person. Staying take courage.
Staying and being "counted" is more important, in my opinion, than using a bike to hit and run.
Staying and being "counted" is more important, in my opinion, than using a bike to hit and run.
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Originally Posted by Rigsson
William Shatner has discontinued his new line of lingerie.
Apparently, Shatner panties wasn’t the best choice for a name.
It's still early but I'm going to award you post of the day. Thank you! 
