RE: Hipsters & the Bike Lanes

   I also found this topic rather interesting and I have mixed feelings about it.  Though I believe that everyone should be able to wear whatever they want, it's their own prerogative, I also feel that people should not go out of their way to offend another group of people with what they wear.  It's easy to say that the men could have just looked away, but as said in class the more you know you shouldn't look the more you are going to look.  In NYC there are so many different religions and ethnicities that follow certain practices in one small space that one can't go anywhere without offending someone in some way. Another thing that I was thinking about is that we, Americans, go to other countries and dress just as we would here in our country and that could be very offensive to others, but they don't say we can't come to their countries.  I feel that even though someone may be offended by the way someone dresses and then tries to ban them from their community by taking away bike lanes then they are discriminating against someone just because of what they wear.   With the removing of the the bike lanes I feel that this was a bit extreme.  Like we said in class this is not going to stop people from walking down the sidewalk in a skimpy outfit.  I guess I may be biased because I am one of those people who isn't offended by anything anyone wears and my religion doesn't say I can't look at certain people.\
     Making the statement they did on a religious holiday in that community is completely uncalled for.  It is one thing to go and repaint a line on a road during the night, but hearing that they did a protest during a religious service is completely disrespectful and it shows that these type of people have no regard for others.  There are so many other ways that statements could be made.