religious wars; bike lanes removed and repainted

[lo123]

oh no!! some of these people resemble my own SONS!!!

thanks Kalidurga. I wish i could read it better...

Linky: http://www.pastemagazine.com/article...2000-2009.html

[lauraelmore1033]

Boy, if I were a youngster ( anywhere under, say, the age of 25) I would be really insulted! Both my sons are a mixture of many of the hipster "stages", The over riding characteristic of which seems to be a reaction against the trappings of their parent's generation. What generation of kids hasn't done that? We all look pretty silly as we fumble about trying to define ourselves--especially when we do it by playing up what we are not. Any way, the whole hubub seems to me to be about the perennial disruptiveness of "sexy" young women. Not sure where hipsterdom comes into it.

[Crankin]

One of my sons sort of looks like a combination of those guys. The who commutes, natch. He commuted this morning, when the temperature was about 7 F. Of course, he called me to consult on what to wear. My reply was, "you are nuts."
I have come to the conclusion that he is as tough as his brother, who is a Marine.

[PamNY]

Big doings! A naked bike ride to protest the closure is planned for this evening. Brrrr.

[shootingstar]

Big doings! A naked bike ride to protest the closure is planned for this evening. Brrrr.

How,...um..meaningful. A naked bike ride protest.
Ok, label me a prude, but really, naked bike rides to me, aren't fun. Just kinda stupid. Actually have never understood the logic of naked bike rides for any situation.

Once in Toronto, we were riding around and inadvertedly rode into an area where the naked bike ride was going through. I was not impressed...and these guys (most of them were) were in better shape than the general guy population.

I felt sorry for a family with their 2 children under age 10, who were about 1 km. behind us, before they turned the corner.... They wouldn't have known what they were going to see.

[owlice]

If the point of the bike lanes is safety (it is, isn't it? Bike lanes make it safer for cyclists?), it seems to me that a naked bike ride, in the dark, in the cold, in the snow, is not the best way to make the point that cyclists value safety.

[kenyonchris]

If the point of the bike lanes is safety (it is, isn't it? Bike lanes make it safer for cyclists?), it seems to me that a naked bike ride, in the dark, in the cold, in the snow, is not the best way to make the point that cyclists value safety.

I agree. I also think it does not help to drive home the point that cyclists are a serious, sane, reasonable group of people who have valid points to make.
Yuck. If I had a bunch of naked people riding in front of MY house I would lobby to have the bike lane closed too. Besides the fact that, once again, it is ILLEGAL to ride naked (well, it is illegal to expose one's genitals to the point of offense).