I was very incidentally standing about what looked like the After-After Party for the Critical Mass ride [one of the participants called it ‘pretty successful’ as there were only about a dozen arrests, and most of the ride was peaceful with only two incidents of netting] at the Time’s Up space on Houston, and I was rather shocked to find that an event that is completely free form and without leaders featured a velvet rope controlling entry! Commidifying our dissent! Heresy!
I’m sure it had more to do with the fact that their space is not a bar, and if they let just anyone in, that would probably include the vengeful NYPD, who can’t rest until the scourge of unfettered cycling is put to an end. Many of you might not realize this, but in the same way that trees cause pollution, bikes are responsible for the pandemic of hit and run accidents over the past week. My proof? Well, no well-founded causation, but after 17 people are injured or killed by cars over the past week, what did the NYPD do to make the streets safer? They arrested some cyclists. Oh, they shot a bunch of people too. Bystanders and cyclists, the real enemy. My advice? Get in your car and drive as fast as you can. Safest place to be these days.
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I was very incidentally standing about what looked like the After-After Party for the Critical Mass ride [one of the participants called it ‘pretty successful’ as there were only about a dozen arrests, and most of the ride was peaceful with only two incidents of netting] at the Time’s Up space on Houston, and I was rather shocked to find that an event that is completely free form and without leaders featured a velvet rope controlling entry! Commidifying our dissent! Heresy!
I’m sure it had more to do with the fact that their space is not a bar, and if they let just anyone in, that would probably include the vengeful NYPD, who can’t rest until the scourge of unfettered cycling is put to an end. Many of you might not realize this, but in the same way that trees cause pollution, bikes are responsible for the pandemic of hit and run accidents over the past week. My proof? Well, no well-founded causation, but after 17 people are injured or killed by cars over the past week, what did the NYPD do to make the streets safer? They arrested some cyclists. Oh, they shot a bunch of people too. Bystanders and cyclists, the real enemy. My advice? Get in your car and drive as fast as you can. Safest place to be these days.