Re: [workbike] Mil Spec Workbikes

On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 04:38:51 -0600, John Snyder wrote:
>Maybe there is not so much irony in the naming of
the Austrian utilty bicycle "Waffenrad" (weapon wheel), 
>as there is an acknowledgement that any tool and level 
>of technology carries with it a multi-faceted potential. 

There wasnt any irony intended- it was built first as cheap, simple mass
product for army use
by a firm mainly in gun production at this time level. The still existing
part of the company sold bicycle production to Italy -thus their gun
production is up and working..
>It distills into the essence of freedom and responsiblity. 
>That, we as Workbikers have the power to determine whether 
>our vehicles shall be used to sustain or destroy life>
So we have to reform:
Steht die ganze Wirtschaft still, wenn mein starker Arm es will
to:
my strong legs  B-)
 

Lui

[writing my stuff as usual, using Newtons lntelligence instead]