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- From: jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris)
- Subject: Re: FORTUNE magazine profiles Hells Angels
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.155926.24911@osf.org>
- Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System)
- Organization: What me, worry?
- References: <BD.92Nov18164022@fluent.UUCP>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:59:26 GMT
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- In article <BD.92Nov18164022@fluent.UUCP> bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU writes:
- >
- >This sounds too structured to me. Anyone have any first hand
- >experience about this. Are the "rides" really that structured?
-
- I had friends in the Hell's Angels twenty-odd years ago and I visited their
- clubhouse a few times.
-
- The guy who knew where the gang was going led the way - hierarchy was
- based mostly on scoot classification - nice ones in the front. (I was
- always in the back with a Sporty.) Some of them were drug dealers but
- the group was far to anarchistic to be organized. And they didn't harass
- anyone except each other and rival gangs.
-
- At the same time I had a friend in the Devil's Disciples (a rival
- group) which had similar behavior. These aren't groups who were into
- organization - they were into drinking beer, taking drugs, listening to
- rock-n-roll, working on scoots and engaging in various acitivities with
- members of the opposite sex. They were really good at fixing bikes, but
- I don't think any of them had MBA's from Bentley or Harvard.
-
- Maybe its different in other parts of the country.
-
- -Lance Holst
-