Serious patch question..
Road Captain
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From: Snohomish WA
As a Marine, we are very protective of our uniforms. It absolutely pisses me off to no end to see some celebrity wearing my Dress Blues coat as part of his costume. He doesn't rate to wear it. He didn't spend 13 weeks at recruit training earning his right to be called a Marine. Most of us have no problems calling out somebody wearing our uniform who doesn't rate to wear it.
Tourer
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Reason I ask is, MC club members usually don't discuss club business with outsiders. And you're an outsider unless you belong to that club. You also state that you belong to a club, yet you seem ignorant of the goings on within an MC.
Now, do you still wonder why people act like you're making stuff up?
Now, do you still wonder why people act like you're making stuff up?
Anyways, I'll bow out of this discusion. Let the idolizing commence.
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
I think you're confusing two issues here. I'm not sure anyone here are idolizing 1% clubs or it's members. Many here respect them for what they go thru to wear their patches. Just like we respect those that earn patches in other MCs that aren't 1%ers.
And nobody here is denying that illegal activities may take place or have taken place in the past. Just because you watched the latest episode of SOA, or a digitized version of the Wild One, doesn't give you intimate knowledge of the workings of a MC.
And since you're going to bow out, and not answer the question as to which MC you belong to, we can all now deduct that you're a blowhard and a fake. Which means all of your posts on this thread are worth about as much as used toilet paper.
Bye.
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From: Nomad
Unless s/he is playing an azzhole who happens to be in the service, and in that case I don't think the audience blames the military, just the individual azzhole.
But does the same logic apply to MCs? Do MCs hate the guy who played the leader of the Black Widows, or the guys in SOA? Or do they just hate the writers of those movies/shows?
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From: El Cajon Ca.
One question I have come up with, reading through all this muck...
I've seen it mentioned, several times, that one might find themselves in the presence of patched MC club members, without being aware of it, because they are not wearing their patches. I was under the impression that, at least in some MC's, going out without your patch would be a violation of club rules. From what I see here, that clearly isn't true. Or is it?
I've seen it mentioned, several times, that one might find themselves in the presence of patched MC club members, without being aware of it, because they are not wearing their patches. I was under the impression that, at least in some MC's, going out without your patch would be a violation of club rules. From what I see here, that clearly isn't true. Or is it?
He was married with kids and a normal guy like myself. Hard working with family values. I found out years later that he was a high ranking member of one of the biggest MCs in the area. I still see him once in a while at bike shops and such. You would never know by looking at him that he was a 1%. I only saw him wearing colors twice in the 20+ years that I knew him.
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From: Temecula CA
The point was: I used to enjoy riding out to offbeat places out in the backcountry. I would stop into a biker bar, to refresh and converse...until I realized that its those offbeat biker bars where the 1%ers like to hang out. Its not about going out riding by yourself that is the problem. Its about riding free and stopping to refresh somewhere there might be some comradarie....only to realize they own the place and the law is their law.
Last edited by violet; Oct 4, 2009 at 03:15 PM.
Tourer
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I think you're confusing two issues here. I'm not sure anyone here are idolizing 1% clubs or it's members. Many here respect them for what they go thru to wear their patches. Just like we respect those that earn patches in other MCs that aren't 1%ers.
And nobody here is denying that illegal activities may take place or have taken place in the past. Just because you watched the latest episode of SOA, or a digitized version of the Wild One, doesn't give you intimate knowledge of the workings of a MC.
And since you're going to bow out, and not answer the question as to which MC you belong to, we can all now deduct that you're a blowhard and a fake. Which means all of your posts on this thread are worth about as much as used toilet paper.
Bye.
And nobody here is denying that illegal activities may take place or have taken place in the past. Just because you watched the latest episode of SOA, or a digitized version of the Wild One, doesn't give you intimate knowledge of the workings of a MC.
And since you're going to bow out, and not answer the question as to which MC you belong to, we can all now deduct that you're a blowhard and a fake. Which means all of your posts on this thread are worth about as much as used toilet paper.
Bye.
Since you respect them just for what they go through to get their patch, do you respect what MS13 gang members do to be in the gang?
BTW... I do watch SOA with my wife every week. It's good entertainment.
Last edited by KRS; Oct 4, 2009 at 03:25 PM.
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
The point was: I used to enjoy riding out to offbeat places out in the backcountry. I would stop into a biker bar, to refresh and converse...until I realized that its those offbeat biker bars where the 1%ers like to hang out. Its not about going out riding by yourself that is the problem. Its about riding free and stopping to refresh somewhere there might be some comradarie....only to realize they own the place and the law is their law.
Well, you wouldn't stop in at a bar frequented by the Crips or the Bloods would you?
Stick to the Dairy Queens, and I doubt any 1%ers will be around to bother you.
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From: WA State
If he is gallivanting around town wearing a Dress Blues coat, with rank and a bunch of other crap, that's an problem.
I think KRS is a cop playing biker.