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In article <1lvjjq$da2@agate.berkeley.edu>, c60b-3kx@web-3h.berkeley.edu (Leor Jacobi) writes:

>What a waste of my time and energy.

Of course, it _was_ worth your time and energy to join a biking protest that
contemplated, and from your own words actually attempted, to enter a freeway
and cost a great deal of other peoples time and energy, not to mention the
very real possibility of someone being hurt or killed.

Mr. Jacobi, you and your kind have advocated massive gov't intervention to
severely limit cars because _you_ think they are damaging to the environment.
Whether or not they actually do so is beside the point.  You are seeking to
use the power of gov't _against_ those people because of _your_ beliefs.
You joined a protest that sought to influence the gov't to use its legally-
sanctioned ability to employ aggression against your fellow citizens in order
to accomplish this, and you are now peeved and annoyed that this time it blew
up in your face and you found _yourself_ the victim of gov't aggression.

This shoe fits both feet, Mr. Jacobi.  You reap what you sow.  Learn from this
experience and realize that no matter how convenient gov't power is, _no_one_
enjoys being on the receiving end of it.  What I and dozens of other Liber-
tarians have been telling you on this net is just that.  Having had a taste
of just what kind of power you wish to inflict on non-vegan car drivers, per-
haps you'd be more willing to accord _their_ rights some more respect, and to
try to advance solutions that meet their needs as well as your own.

I can't say I have any sympathy for you.  You asked for it, you all but
demanded it.  You were being kept off that highway for your own safety and
that of the people driving on it, your childish determination to circumvent
that block, combined with the dozens of other bikers doing much the same
thing, left the cops with little choice but to "get tough" to try to defuse
the situation.  You could have ended it at any time by just respecting
_everyone's_ rights and just going home.  You certainly deserve some jail
time, but I doubt you'll get any.  But as you pay your fines and fees, I
suggest you examine your feelings very closely, and remember them, for that
is what I and others feel when we pay the fines and fees _you_ manage to
inflict on _us_.

Larry Smith (smith@ctron.com)  No, I don't speak for Cabletron.  Need you ask?
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Liberty is not the freedom to do whatever we want,
it is the freedom to do whatever we are able.