"The Hasids, who have long had a huge enclave in the now-artist-haven neighborhood, had complained that the Bedford Avenue bike paths posed both a safety and religious hazard.
Scantily clad hipster cyclists attracted to the Brooklyn neighborhood made it difficult, the Hasids said, to obey religious laws forbidding them from staring at members of the opposite sex in various states of undress. These riders also were disobeying the traffic laws, they complained."
But bike lane or not, "cyclists have a right to be on Bedford Avenue," said Wiley Norvell, a group spokesman
ReplyDeleteEnd of story. Tell the Hasids to take a hike.
this has relevance to your next post, tgia.
ReplyDeleteLets see if they act like they do in Israel, and if they do what would happen? Arrest and jail time
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