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1998/4/14 [Transportation/Car] UID:13951 Activity:very high
4/14  I am starting an urban vandal group in SF which will go around and
      let the air out of one tire of any large 4WD jeep, etc. that takes
      up >= 2 spaces of street parking (after leaving a note on their
      windshield explaining why this was done.)  I need a good name for this
      group.  Any ideas?    Once I get the name, I can send off anonymous
      letters to SF newspapers/web sites/ etc., proclaiming the existence
      of the group.
      \_ you are indeed a very small and petty person
      \_ Let the air out of one tire of any vehicle that double-parks on
         Bancroft or Telegraph, and I'll be willing to join you and die for
         your movement.
         \_ attacking 4wd is more visible, and more amusing.  Im very serious
           about this, btw :)  I need a name, and i need to make a bunch of
           "business cards" to leave with vehicles so "vandalized"
            \_ Four-Wheeler Contras? -yetanotherwingnut
      \_ parking nazis
         \_ Too controversial.  Remember, this must appeal to the dysfunctional
           glassy eyed corporate masses/ unemployed/ illiterate/ and so on.
           People with hardly any sense of humor.  Ya gotta make it simple,
           and conscise, like a nike ad.
           \_ just do it.
      \_ you'd have everyone driving small cars like yugos and leCar's
         in SF?
         \_ RIDE BIKE!!!!
         \_ What's so wrong with everybody in SF driving a small car?  (And
            I'm talking about _reliable_ small cars, not P.O.S's like Yugos
            and the like.)  S.F. is a dense, urban area with lots of traffic
            and limited space; this would seem to be the environment that
            small cars are best-suited for.  (Oops, I forgot . . . SF is an
            __URBAN JUNGLE!!__, and you need the proper huge, manly URBAN
            ASSULT VEHICLE to tame those unruly streets!  Grrrr!)
            \_ whats so wrong with everybody in SF just riding bikes?
      \_ Key the damn things as well
         \_ I was thinking of this, but that does _damage_; the funny
           thing about letting air out, is that is does _no_ permanent
            damage, it is just a _real_ inconvenience.  The masses are more
            likely to side with us in this case.
                \_Who's eating all the parking meters in Berkeley? - danh
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