OK, I read all the comments, and now must respond. Brother, you have a serious chip on your shoulder...kind of worries me. But just in case i said something wrong, let me take a closer look at whether you are making any valid points.
1. "Why the hell WOULDN'T you want to ride with LaBusas members?"
Well, that was my question, now wasn't it?
2. "Kinda lumping everyone into a group, aren't ya?"
What group would that be? Nothing derrogatory was said about Labusas. The question was designed to find out whether anyone had any ill feelings toward Labusas. Funny, nobody seems to have a problem. So, perhaps you jumped the gun.
3. "Little bit of stereotyping happening here? Maybe a little bit of predjudice goin on??"
What stereotyping? Predjudiced against who? Who said that all Labusas members are anything? I will answer that for you...no one did! No one lumped all Labusas members into any particular category. Don't assume predjudice simply because the question was raised! You need to wait for the answers. Again, I think you jumped the gun, and obviously made some assumptions about my personal feelings...which by the way, I haven't revealed yet.
4. "I'm a member of SEVERAL boards and I find the question pretty offensive!"
If you find the question offensive, then you are too sensitive. Perhaps you should have either asked why I asked the question, or waited to hear the responses before you shot off your cannon. Perhaps you should have thought about the fact that there are plenty of motorcycle accidents caused by idiot riders trying to do stupid stuff. Now most of us haven't met in person, but I feel a lot more comfortable with .org people because I have been talking to them for weeks, if not months. Did you ever consider that some people might be a bit apprehensious about riding with a large pack of people that they have neither met, nor talked to before? For example, did you catch the fact that Flying Swan's group usually don't allow people to ride with them who haven't taken a riding course?
And, let's face it, it is common knowledge that the culture at Labusas is different from the culture on this board. I didn't say better. I didn't say worse. I SAID DIFFERENT! The debate over the pros and cons of Labusas can be held elsewhere. But I believe my question was a fair question to ask, just to make sure that everyone in OUR group was cool with the idea of potentially hooking up with them (people they don't know).
Consider this:
If it wasn't my desire to try to hook up with them, I wouldn't have asked the question in the first place! Its not like there are a whole lot of people trying to coordinate things for this trip. Furthermore, everyone who responded seemed to be in favor of the idea.
So, I propose that you jumped the gun, and made some incorrect assumptions.
But I ain't mad at you...just had to set the record straight.
Peace,
Thinker
