2/7/09

Spock Was Right

After watching enough Star Trek to be the oldest possible Trekkie in existence, one thing comes to mind in the situation that has arisen again as it has in the past. This thing is more of a way of thought rather than a thing, but comes down to this quote, "do the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many". In this case I think not, as in the situation I will now explain.
In the 1970's a group of Street Rodders worked with the legislators and the State Police and came up with a criteria for inspection and registration for Street Rods. These Rodders made sure that the criteria included a stipulation that the Street Rod registration be free of the "Limited Use" label. With the advent of the Custom Plate in 2005 the same stipulation was used as it was for the Street Rod plate, no"Limited Use" label.
Enter stage left, the one, I'll call him Klang ( just to stay in the theme ). Klang comes from some part of Maine where everybody is wrong except him. He has in the past attempted to bring legislation out that would bring the "Limited Use" label to bear on Customs and Street Rods, thus eliminating the need for an Inspection Criteria. Klang uses a campaign of misinformation that only shows his thought process and not the big picture.
After a heated debate he usually hides when defeated but comes back later like he owns you. In the last sessions of the legislature he again was defeated by a ratio of 25 to 1 and was silenced until now. Klang has reemerged spouting the same drivel as before, stating that his way is the only way, that the street rodders that got the plate were wrong and need to rethink their efforts ya da ya da ya da. I as the editor am more than willing to listen to someones opinion as long as they in turn are willing to listen to mine. Klang is not willing to listen to anything or anyone for in his alien eyes they are misguided fools.
As this blog is being written I realize that maybe I have not stated the whole story, I have only berated Klang and not stated that at no time has anyone but his tight circle of friends been spoken to and at no time has anyone from the original group of Rodders been approached or their opinions been asked for, or for that matter any Steet Rodder at all.
In this case the needs of the many far outweigh the needs of the one, the Rodders that got us what we got, were the many that allow us to operate our vehicles when we want, how we want and where we want.
Klang is the sound of a cast iron frying pan hitting the one in the head.

Live Long and Prosper

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