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From: CrazyCam on 17 Jan 2008 16:30 Nigel Allen wrote: <snip> > > Geez - I thought I was the only one going back that far :) > > I've suffered the same thing in the UK in the 70's - it wasn't unusual > for pubs out in the countryside to have two signs outside of "No > Coaches" and "No Motorbikes". Late '70s, here in Oz, a few times in the seriously backblocks, I wasn't allowed into the front (white) bar, but I could get a drink in the back (abo) bar. regards, CrazyCam
From: G-S on 17 Jan 2008 16:45 diogenes wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:44:09 +1100, Damien <al.qaeda(a)asio.gov.au> > wrote: > > >> But what safeguards are in place to ensure that innocent law-abiding >> riders are mistakenly lumped in with them? > > Easy. If you don't wear 1%er colours, you won't have a problem. If > you DO wear 1%er colours, stop bitchin about people wanting you off > their premises. Simple. > So I ride to the local pub with Ulysses (or HOG)... ride up on HDs in Brando jackets with Harley logos and FTW logos and/or a Ulysses/HOG patches on their gear and tattoos showing but *not* wearing 1%er colours and I'm not doing anything wrong but the pub calls the cops because we look like 1%ers to some bouncer with an IQ of 80 with a 1%er? You're can't seriously be relying on bouncers to make this sort of distinction... G-S
From: Theo Bekkers on 17 Jan 2008 16:52 G-S wrote: > corks wrote: >> no you are right, i dont , so get out your conceited little >> soapbox....... to me the benefits outweigh the negatives, dont like it , >> too bad , >> its called an opinion......and not necessarily an unformed one either > Oh it's not an 'unformed' opinion alright... trouble is it's > uninformed :) A uniformed opinion? I wonder if the local pubs can make a rule banning members of the Blue gang wearing their regalia on the premises? Theo
From: G-S on 17 Jan 2008 16:59 Simone wrote: > > As for banning "certain colours" if it looks like a duck & quacks like a > duck...then expect to get shot at! > Sim. > That's the justification used for discrimination against minorities down through the ages... are you sure you want to go down that path? G-S
From: G-S on 17 Jan 2008 17:03
diogenes wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:39:36 +1100, Damien <al.qaeda(a)asio.gov.au> > wrote: > >>> they deserve all they get ..... >> Who deserves it? The completely innocent law-abiding motorcycle rider >> who gets mistaken for a member of a patch club? > > And how would one get "mistaken" for a member of a patch club, Damien? > By looking like a *bikie* and riding a Harley Davidson... And a brain dead bouncer to go *duh... that's a bikie gang... I'm called the cops*. Off course all the BMW gear wearing BMW riding 'nice' motorcyclists won't be effected. [1] G-S [1] Anybody else noticing how this world is slipping from offence committed and action is taken to 'oh we don't have proof, but lets take action anyway'. |