Gangs & Patches

[Scorpygirl]

Meh, have had a few run ins with the FF here in Tauranga. Get along with them well and they leave me alone for the most part dispite me riding a jappa. It's the other gang that I'm havin' trouble with. Found my bike pushed over the other day.

Watch the "Golden Oldies" gang mate, they are lethal on those mobility scooters. They will knock your bike over in a flash and not look back!

[mstriumph]

so narrow minded and also very immature.....good luck with the rest of your life buddy, one day we'll meet.....

- actually, i think he won that one?

marion [british/nz lived in RSA 12 years] -

.......but can't say i'm not rascist as i don't much like the french ... well, that is, apart from the french along the coast of normandie 'cause we are more or less related ..... and, of course, totally excluding mr froggyfrenchman and any other bike-type persons of french persuasion or extraction who may frequent this site .....

- erm - think wat i am trying to say is "lighten up" ??

sorry - couldn't resist it .... ... "lighten up" chortle, chortle....

[SlashWylde]

...but can't say i'm not rascist as i don't much like the french ... well, that is, apart from the french along the coast of normandie 'cause we are more or less related ..... and, of course, totally excluding mr froggyfrenchman and any other bike-type persons of french persuasion or extraction who may frequent this site ....

Ça me fait un grand plaisir madamoiselle triumph!!

A tout à l'heure...

[mstriumph]

.......or people who have french windows ... or like french pastries ....

or

or.......

[Waylander]

Yeah the retired folk in Tauranga sure get nasty at times.

Watch the "Golden Oldies" gang mate, they are lethal on those mobility scooters. They will knock your bike over in a flash and not look back!

I thought that old hag in with the zimmer frame looked shady....

Ça me fait un grand plaisir madamoiselle triumph!!

A tout à l'heure...

Huh?

[Ixion]

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Huh?

'Tis French. They never learned to talk proper. Goodie, does this mean that I can hi-jack this thread into another Latin pissing contest?

[terbang]

Anyone for Indonesian.? German.?

[Shadows]

I dunno. How can you be so naive? You wear a patch that looks like a patch that somebody wearing a patch could easily get upset about and you obviously are trying to portray the patch wearing gangster image because the similarity is definately no accident, plus you're riding a bike, any bike will do but what you are on would help to perpetuate this "wannabe" image you're going for... and then you get all upset when you get hassled by a real patch wearing gang member??? Yeah okay a lot of these guys are clowns but most of them also had to go through a whole heap of shit to earn both their patches and acceptance into a group that more often then not exists exclusively in a world that rarely encroaches on the rest of "normal" society anyway. It means something to these guys, and all you did was sew it on.
Way to get both sides against you I reckon. I'm surprised you weren't beaten with little old ladies' handbags because you would have offended the shit out of them as well.
Stand back and take a look at the while picture dude. And FFS take the jacket off unless you are prepared to live up to the image. I suspect that this guy read a whole lot more from your appearance than "ug, a patch, must get aggro", in fact I suspect he saw straight through it, something almost nobody here seems to recognise or give him credit for, probably because of their years of mainstream society conditioning which says "gang member = bad, no brain". Otherwise the story would have likely turned out a whole lot different. It sounds like he was giving you a warning, and you heeded it without even realising you were just doing as he was suggesting in his own uncouth way.
Yes you were a dumbass for wearing it.

[SlashWylde]

Well actually I'm not naive, I acknowledged from the first post that the patch set looks like a MC set. My point was that it doesn't have an MC logo or regional affilliation hence my inquiry.

Where did I say I'm trying to portray a "wannabe" gangster image? Nowhere. What I said was that I was wearing the emblem of one of my favourite bands. I enjoyed doing this because it is part of the iconography of this particular group, I am a big fan of Zakk Wylde (hence my KB moniker) and I belive I own one of the only BLS patch sets in the country. Vain I know but we all are to a greater or lesser extent - at least I acknowledge mine.

What I did say is that "I've never really thought much about MC gangs as their activities don't interest me" Before posting this thread I didn't know how their culture works or their system for attaining acceptance into the gang family and the awarding of a patch set. Now I do.

I have stood back and looked at the whole picture and I've already stated that I won't wear the vest on the bike or in general public areas.

I recognise that I got off lightly considering the social gravity of my actions and in fact I'm grateful to the gang member who with 8 simple words, but no use of fists, explained instantly to me that what I was doing was not acceptable and prompted me to learn why - hence this thread.

Do me a favour and actually read the thread before making your scathing and ill-informed remarks.

[SARGE]

Why didn't you just get off your bike and kick the sh*t out of him? He was probably high on P at the time and may not even remember you the next day.

i woulda.....

[WINJA]

i woulda.....

NO YOU WOULDNT CAUSE THEY DONT PICK ON NUTTERS LIKE YOU

[Shadows]

Do me a favour and actually read the thread before making your scathing and ill-informed remarks.

Yes I did read the thread and I also read between the lines.
Scathing maybe, for that I'll apologise if it upset you that much.
Sorry. You asked the question, I answered it as I saw it.

Ill-informed? I wasn't the one who thought it would be okay to wear a look-alike gang patch out in public especially on a bike!
Whats next, selling bacon sandwiches outside a synagogue? Trying to smuggle a boogie board bag full of pot into Indonesia? Wrapping yourself in copper wire and running around in a thunderstorm?

[Holy Roller]

Wrapping yourself in copper wire and running around in a thunderstorm?

Now that IS something to try

[The_Dover]

Whats next, selling bacon sandwiches outside a synagogue?

Now you mention it Sarge and I were going to do a sausage sizzle outside the local mosque on September 11th to raise money to buy George W. bombs for his war on terror.

Every two million sausages sold buys another cruise missile.

Come on fat boy, you can manage another..........

[SlashWylde]

Yes I did read the thread and I also read between the lines.
Scathing maybe, for that I'll apologise if it upset you that much.
Sorry. You asked the question, I answered it as I saw it.

Ill-informed? I wasn't the one who thought it would be okay to wear a look-alike gang patch out in public especially on a bike!
Whats next, selling bacon sandwiches outside a synagogue? Trying to smuggle a boogie board bag full of pot into Indonesia? Wrapping yourself in copper wire and running around in a thunderstorm?

LOL it takes a lot more than that to upset me. Guess I was a bit irritable tho. And you did make some valid points...

Aaanyway, I reckon this topic has been well & truly bashed to death, lessons learned etc.

*bump*