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Edward Dolan
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
"Marilyn Price" <info@tripsforkids.org> wrote in message
news:X6zJj.177$mB3.12@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com...
[...]
> Each year Trips for Kids takes hundreds of inner-city kids from the Bay
> Area on guided mountain bike adventures, many of whom have never been
> outside of their urban neighborhoods. In 1999 Trips for Kids became a
> national program. There are now 62 chapters from coast to coast, with more
> in the works.

The Great Ed Dolan is opposed to these kind of programs for inner-city kids.
Hells Bells, I never went anywhere when I was a kid and I did not even enjoy
the advantage of being an inner-city kid. I was a small town kid and made
out just fine without a lot of do-gooders fussing about and making a
nuisance of themselves.

Surely there are playgrounds for inner-city kids where they can pummel one
another. We do not want them in the mountains where they do not belong. Let
them have their adventures on the mean streets of their urban neighborhoods.
After all, they are all going to grow up to be criminals anyway and end
their lives in state prisons.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

Mike Vandeman
01-04-1970, 07:01 AM
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:24:40 -0500, "Edward Dolan" <edolan@iw.net>
wrote:

>
>"Marilyn Price" <info@tripsforkids.org> wrote in message
>news:X6zJj.177$mB3.12@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com...
>[...]
>> Each year Trips for Kids takes hundreds of inner-city kids from the Bay
>> Area on guided mountain bike adventures, many of whom have never been
>> outside of their urban neighborhoods. In 1999 Trips for Kids became a
>> national program. There are now 62 chapters from coast to coast, with more
>> in the works.
>
>The Great Ed Dolan is opposed to these kind of programs for inner-city kids.
>Hells Bells, I never went anywhere when I was a kid and I did not even enjoy
>the advantage of being an inner-city kid. I was a small town kid and made
>out just fine without a lot of do-gooders fussing about and making a
>nuisance of themselves.
>
>Surely there are playgrounds for inner-city kids where they can pummel one
>another. We do not want them in the mountains where they do not belong. Let
>them have their adventures on the mean streets of their urban neighborhoods.
>After all, they are all going to grow up to be criminals anyway and end
>their lives in state prisons.

Careful! That's more truth (> 0) than these sensitive mountain bikers
can handle!

>Regards,
>
>Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
>aka
>Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
>
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