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oilfreeandhappy
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On Apr 26, 12:15 am, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I don't think there is any reason on a personal level to worry about
> what others think of you, but in order to have the biggest impression
> in order to effect change with a message, you need to appear "normal"
> otherwise you are dismissed as lunatic fringe. Most of the people who
> respond positively to your message are already on board at least in
> thought. It's preaching to the choir in a way. Most people don't want
> to be part of or associated with a lunatic fringe, so I think the best
> way to get normal people to ride bikes is to show them more normal
> people riding bikes. Otherwise they think cycling in only for what
> they perceived of as freaks. This goes for any protest type activity
> as well. Which would get more milage with "the masses" at home: a news
> clip of 100 grungy kids whining about something, or 100 soccer moms
> holding a petition?
>
> Joseph- Hide quoted text -
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So please define "normal". Is it wearing a colorful bicycling jersey
that nobody else on the planet wears? I have nothing against bicycle
jerseys. I own a few myself. Is any bumper sticker "normal". Is a
large jacket with "Cannondale" imprinted across the front "normal"?
Or is "normal" just what Joseph thinks is normal.
A lot of white supremacists didn't think Martin Luther King, Jr. was
normal, and one even shot him to death. You seem to want "Middle of
the Road", which has accomplished nothing in our AutoCentric country
for the last 70 years. I claim that the "Middle Ground" is
devastating our country and our world. 25-40% of the US Trade Deficit
is from imported oil. Global warming? Are all these scientists
wrong? And every day, life goes on, and the "Middle Ground"
accomplishes nothing. My stance is one of action, not only bicycling,
but in expressing a challenge.
----
Jim Gagnepain
http://www.OilFreeandHappy.com
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I don't think there is any reason on a personal level to worry about
> what others think of you, but in order to have the biggest impression
> in order to effect change with a message, you need to appear "normal"
> otherwise you are dismissed as lunatic fringe. Most of the people who
> respond positively to your message are already on board at least in
> thought. It's preaching to the choir in a way. Most people don't want
> to be part of or associated with a lunatic fringe, so I think the best
> way to get normal people to ride bikes is to show them more normal
> people riding bikes. Otherwise they think cycling in only for what
> they perceived of as freaks. This goes for any protest type activity
> as well. Which would get more milage with "the masses" at home: a news
> clip of 100 grungy kids whining about something, or 100 soccer moms
> holding a petition?
>
> Joseph- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
So please define "normal". Is it wearing a colorful bicycling jersey
that nobody else on the planet wears? I have nothing against bicycle
jerseys. I own a few myself. Is any bumper sticker "normal". Is a
large jacket with "Cannondale" imprinted across the front "normal"?
Or is "normal" just what Joseph thinks is normal.
A lot of white supremacists didn't think Martin Luther King, Jr. was
normal, and one even shot him to death. You seem to want "Middle of
the Road", which has accomplished nothing in our AutoCentric country
for the last 70 years. I claim that the "Middle Ground" is
devastating our country and our world. 25-40% of the US Trade Deficit
is from imported oil. Global warming? Are all these scientists
wrong? And every day, life goes on, and the "Middle Ground"
accomplishes nothing. My stance is one of action, not only bicycling,
but in expressing a challenge.
----
Jim Gagnepain
http://www.OilFreeandHappy.com
