At 11:53 AM 6/2/02 -0700, you wrote:
Yep, what Jim says. A bit careless with my pronouns there
(except in England, of course, where the Queen's Royal Press
Officer will shortly announce that 50 Italian professionals
will replace the 50 Hells Angels originally anointed to lead
Her Majesty's Jubilee Parade.)
Thanks, Kerry
>Re your comment below:
>
> > Yes, but the Hells Angels aren't all bikers, no
more
> > than the mafia
> > represents all Italians. Most are doctors
and
> > lawyers out for weekend
> > rides.
>
>I'm not sure this is exactly what you meant to
say,
>but if it is, you're dead wrong. All Hell's
Angels
>are outlaw bikers, which is to say they are members
of
>a professional criminal organization whose
members
>wear "colors" and ride motorcycles.
>
>Now if you meant to say that not all motorcyclists
are
>outlaw bikers, and that many are "doctors and
lawyers
>out for weekend rides," this is quite true. In
fact,
>the outlaw bikers are often referred to (and
often
>refer to themselves) as "one per-centers" precisely
to
>differentiate them from the "99%" or motorcyclists
who
>aren't part of the criminal fraternity.
>
>JIM DOHERTY
>
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