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- From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.harley
- Subject: Re: Sonny Barger
- Message-ID: <5153@prcrs.prc.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 16:01:04 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.013534.4182@c3.PLA.CA.US> <5108@prcrs.prc.com> <Stafford-171192090729@stafford.winona.msus.edu>
- Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA
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- In article <Stafford-171192090729@stafford.winona.msus.edu>, Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) writes:
- >
- > Why do you think he is more notorious as an outlaw than notorious for
- > being the president of the Hells Angels? Not true in my opinion.
- > He has _always_ been identified as president of the Hells Angles
- > in news.
-
- In the eyes of the american public Hells Angels = outlaw. The usual
- reports of them include drug selling, murder, mayhem etc... It is
- being disingenuous to state otherwise. There is only a small percentage
- of people that view them as romantic loners on steel horses embodying
- the american myth of the outsider.
-
- He wasn't arrested for being the president of the Hells Angels, or for
- riding a motorcycle.
-
- Terry
-
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