Only once did my old barber ever give me grief about my bike. When I told him "I like to live dangerously, that's why I get my hair cut here," we moved on to another subject. Since he retired I've been looking for another good one.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.