Hell's Angels On Ten-Speeds

Twenty years ago, when P.J. O’Rourke wrote…

I don’t like the kind of people who ride bicycles

At least I think I don’t. I don’t actually know anyone who rides a bicycle. But the people I see on bicycles look like organic-gardening zealots who advocate federal regulation of bedtime and want American foreign policy to be dictated by UNICEF. These people should be confined.

I apologize if I have the wrong impression. It may be that bicycle riders are all members of the New York Stock Exchange, Methodist bishops, retired Marine Corps drill instructors, and other solid citizens. However, the fact that they cycle around in broad daylight making themselves look like idiots indicates that they’re crazy anyway and should be confined just the same.

…He had no idea how bad the problem could actually become.

Update: More thoughts from The Anchoress and Bookworm Room.

Also, here’s an update on the Yale Choir beating, another case that involved an impotent San Francisco police force, which you may remember from early January.