 From
the small office in the corner, near the water
cooler. A note from the Editor.
Fixing political mistakes
with good old fashion biker sense
June 23rd
It was the best of
times, it was the worst of times
Charles Dickens opened his novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ with that
seemingly contrary sentence. Even though the famous British author
wrote his contemporary stories during England’s Victorian Era, the
sentiments could be about bikers in Anytown USA, here and now. |
For those not
overly familiar with Victorian Era England, it was a period for most
of the 1800’s when the British Empire stretched across the world,
the Industrial Revolution brought huge profits to businesses as well
as their owners, and the country was at war in foreign lands for all
but one of those years. The class system kept the rich in their
country estates and the poor in their place. Wikipedia calls the
Victorian Era as a time of many contradictions where ‘an outward
appearance of dignity and restraint and the prevalence of social
phenomena that included prostitution and child labor were two sides
of the same coin.’
Sound familiar?
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