I just heard of a friend who stopped for a deer last week and was rear ended by a pickup truck. No serious injuries to man nor beast. The bike's in the shop for a new fender and lights and the rider is stiff and sore. In a week or so both bike and rider will be back to normal.

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.