clearly, killthetrendyanarchists is a douche bag.

critical mass, in general, and the memorial stop on the januray ride, in particular, regularly snarl up much more "significant" ways and intersections than western and cortez. after all, demonstrating the *fully* *legal* ability of a mass of cyclists to safely occupy any and all city streets *is* the symbolic content of the ride. and this one, in particular, was announced by word-of-mouth, email list, and press release.

nobody but the police intended or planned for that event to become more or less than a brief, quiet vigil for our friend, murdered by a reckless (if not drunk) driver. standing at the eye of the storm, i can testify to the *fact* that nobody raised a voice until the big bull officer on the scene started hollering and waving his handcuffs.

and then the voices that were raised were raised in solidarity. a rather foreign concept to you, eh, ktta?