In the case of Critical Mass, the vehicle is the enemy, not the driver. Many of the people who go to the meetings are keen to get together with Harry Barber, and I know that some CM people spoke to him over 2 years ago, back when CM was all Friends of the Earth. I'm also a BV member. I just replied by saying we were just all riding in the same direction, coincidently. I like the traffic jam idea, that no one organised traffic jams, that they have no leader, they just happen.
CM is just a bicycle traffic jam.
I guess in essence, that's what I'd like the think CM is. Now Im next to the printer on a laptop. Well, yes I too elaborate on things just to get noticed screeching back tyres when cut off or waving my arms about when nearly killed. We are proud of our independence from government and Not For Profit status. This is a blatant lie, though as much as Im all for more people cycling more often, Im also for less people driving less often.