Monday, June 02, 2008

Critical Mass 2008

Critical Mass 2008, Rome
Critical Mass is not an organization, it's an unorganized coincidence. It's a movement ... of bicycles, in the streets. Accordingly, this isn't the official Critical Mass web page, because there is no official Critical Mass web page. There are, however, a bunch of unofficial web pages.

We are all cycling to the same direction ..


- No war for oil
- Better, cleaner & fresher air
- Less car accident and its victims
- Healthier lifestyle

There are more than 3,000 of us this year... we are looking forward to see you next year :)

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This is Piero, who was juggling at the beginning and clowning throughout!

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The last one is the tallest, and on it sits Olivier whom I met last night after the “big one”—he turns out to have just gotten out of jail after a sentence of 4 months for trying to give yogurt to French President Sarkozy, a story that I will try to understand better, but apparently it is as simple and preposterous as that.

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