INCOMING.....Dumb question!
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RE: INCOMING.....Dumb question!
ORIGINAL: SiLlY
Here we go again.. net-testosterone at its best.
I dont understand the responses, threads of this genre, provoke. Most claim to know the answers. Others get offended. Sheeit... I love when someone acts all macho on the net. It makes me laugh. How about a little reality check. No one gives a sheeit who you think you are. Myself included. Wether you like it or not.. here and now.. we're just a bunch of people with a bike, pc and time to waste.
I guess my rant is over. Go ahead, get offended and reply to your hearts content. I can promise you, no ones reply will make any difference to the facts I pointed out. Think about it!
P.S. This wasn't aimed at anyone in particular. It seems to be a wave of ego flying around lately. Lets not ruin a good thing.
Here we go again.. net-testosterone at its best.
I dont understand the responses, threads of this genre, provoke. Most claim to know the answers. Others get offended. Sheeit... I love when someone acts all macho on the net. It makes me laugh. How about a little reality check. No one gives a sheeit who you think you are. Myself included. Wether you like it or not.. here and now.. we're just a bunch of people with a bike, pc and time to waste.
I guess my rant is over. Go ahead, get offended and reply to your hearts content. I can promise you, no ones reply will make any difference to the facts I pointed out. Think about it!
P.S. This wasn't aimed at anyone in particular. It seems to be a wave of ego flying around lately. Lets not ruin a good thing.
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RE: INCOMING.....Dumb question!
ORIGINAL: beatrice11
Let me settle this because I see both points of view.
Denim is referring to the original term 1%er and he is correct. Originally this term defined outlaw MC's back in the day as you all know.
However, they way you stated your original post made it seem like you took a blind stab at any MC's that classifies themselves as 1%'s today.
The term 1%er no longer means what it did years ago, now it is referred to the same MC's but those MC's no longer are involved in criminal activity like they used to be. Since Hell's Angels was a 1%er long ago they still are classified that way today but they are not all criminals anymore.
In light of that, Steeltown and others are correct. While there dedication to there brothers are unparallelled, they are decent individuals. I ain't saying they are going to win any community awards or anything but they certainly are not all thugs but some may be.
In a nutshell, the term 1%er does not reflect in 2006 what it did 40 years ago.
Let me settle this because I see both points of view.
Denim is referring to the original term 1%er and he is correct. Originally this term defined outlaw MC's back in the day as you all know.
However, they way you stated your original post made it seem like you took a blind stab at any MC's that classifies themselves as 1%'s today.
The term 1%er no longer means what it did years ago, now it is referred to the same MC's but those MC's no longer are involved in criminal activity like they used to be. Since Hell's Angels was a 1%er long ago they still are classified that way today but they are not all criminals anymore.
In light of that, Steeltown and others are correct. While there dedication to there brothers are unparallelled, they are decent individuals. I ain't saying they are going to win any community awards or anything but they certainly are not all thugs but some may be.
In a nutshell, the term 1%er does not reflect in 2006 what it did 40 years ago.
Just because certian 1% clubs were associated with crime at some level, didn't mean every member did, or does. It was the media and cops over the years that manufactured the notion that anything 1% was as Denim described. I'm guessing they either wouldn't let him join ... or whipped his ***. Big bias there.
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RE: INCOMING.....Dumb question!
ORIGINAL: DenimStreet
I agree with your assesment of the situation. I just want to make clear that I stated, in all-caps, "I am not saying that 1%ers are necessarily bad people" But if they are not, then they are not 1%ers by definition. As you said, they are not what the original definition of a 1% was.
I'm not sure why that point was not crystal clear. Anyone without a severe learning disability would have understood it.
But this leads to the next point. If they are no longer outlaws and are a great bunch of guys (WHICH I AM NOT, NOR HAVE EVER DISPUTED), then what makes thim 1%ers???? What makes them any different that any other MC. You see what I am saying? If they are indeed just a nice bunch of guys, then what earns them the name 1%er??
I am sorry for the all-caps sections, they are for the twinky eating, red necks, with severe learning disabilities who are among us!
I agree with your assesment of the situation. I just want to make clear that I stated, in all-caps, "I am not saying that 1%ers are necessarily bad people" But if they are not, then they are not 1%ers by definition. As you said, they are not what the original definition of a 1% was.
I'm not sure why that point was not crystal clear. Anyone without a severe learning disability would have understood it.
But this leads to the next point. If they are no longer outlaws and are a great bunch of guys (WHICH I AM NOT, NOR HAVE EVER DISPUTED), then what makes thim 1%ers???? What makes them any different that any other MC. You see what I am saying? If they are indeed just a nice bunch of guys, then what earns them the name 1%er??
I am sorry for the all-caps sections, they are for the twinky eating, red necks, with severe learning disabilities who are among us!
ORIGINAL: beatrice11
Let me settle this because I see both points of view.
Denim is referring to the original term 1%er and he is correct. Originally this term defined outlaw MC's back in the day as you all know.
However, they way you stated your original post made it seem like you took a blind stab at any MC's that classifies themselves as 1%'s today.
The term 1%er no longer means what it did years ago, now it is referred to the same MC's but those MC's no longer are involved in criminal activity like they used to be. Since Hell's Angels was a 1%er long ago they still are classified that way today but they are not all criminals anymore.
In light of that, Steeltown and others are correct. While there dedication to there brothers are unparallelled, they are decent individuals. I ain't saying they are going to win any community awards or anything but they certainly are not all thugs but some may be.
In a nutshell, the term 1%er does not reflect in 2006 what it did 40 years ago.
Let me settle this because I see both points of view.
Denim is referring to the original term 1%er and he is correct. Originally this term defined outlaw MC's back in the day as you all know.
However, they way you stated your original post made it seem like you took a blind stab at any MC's that classifies themselves as 1%'s today.
The term 1%er no longer means what it did years ago, now it is referred to the same MC's but those MC's no longer are involved in criminal activity like they used to be. Since Hell's Angels was a 1%er long ago they still are classified that way today but they are not all criminals anymore.
In light of that, Steeltown and others are correct. While there dedication to there brothers are unparallelled, they are decent individuals. I ain't saying they are going to win any community awards or anything but they certainly are not all thugs but some may be.
In a nutshell, the term 1%er does not reflect in 2006 what it did 40 years ago.
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RE: INCOMING.....Dumb question!
ORIGINAL: wnogood
Lets dont go there. This thread has danced on the edge of what is right and what is wrong already. The 1% clubs are sacred. Thats what makes them what they are. Please, let's dont cheapen it by airing any dirty laundry like that. Not blaming you 4merRacer....just trying to discourage any answers to your query......
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ORIGINAL: 4merRacer
Most important thing to remember about 1%ers....they don't get that patch by hosting a bake sale or going to church. They earn their colors. Any "true 1%ers" want to talk about what it took to get in? I dare ya to give a no-holds barred reply to that one. Again, I do know what it takes for one club.
Most important thing to remember about 1%ers....they don't get that patch by hosting a bake sale or going to church. They earn their colors. Any "true 1%ers" want to talk about what it took to get in? I dare ya to give a no-holds barred reply to that one. Again, I do know what it takes for one club.
Lets dont go there. This thread has danced on the edge of what is right and what is wrong already. The 1% clubs are sacred. Thats what makes them what they are. Please, let's dont cheapen it by airing any dirty laundry like that. Not blaming you 4merRacer....just trying to discourage any answers to your query......
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RE: INCOMING.....Dumb question!
I do not see any implication in my post that initiation involved law breaking. I do, however know the facts. But please, do not add your own interpretation to my post and then attempt to quote me on your interpretation.
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RE: INCOMING.....Dumb question!
Lets dont go there. This thread has danced on the edge of what is right and what is wrong already. The 1% clubs are sacred. Thats what makes them what they are. Please, let's dont cheapen it by airing any dirty laundry like that. Not blaming you 4merRacer....just trying to discourage any answers to your query......
nogood o~`o
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Should you really want to know about 1%ers go ask them,not recommended though(no bearing on the original thread starter).
All I'm willing to input here is,if you end up on the wrong side of a 1%er club.You will in fact know about it doesn't who you know,& yes I do have inside knowledge of such.
So with that I will go ahead & lock this thread,all that needed to be said was said
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