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00 ....-4 ...... .... I-< 0.. < R ead what the critics are saying abo ut A BROTHERHOOD OF OUT LAWS " O n th e m ost basic level , it is a story of t he ou tla w m ot orcycl ist lifestyle , with bik er s vs. federa l co ps th row n in for good m eas ure. In that , Lipkin ' suc ceeds in entert ai ning. . . A Brotherhood of Outlaws tells of cycle ga ngs u p to a half mi llio n unwas hed - broug h t toge ther in a n . u neasy peace by a cha rismatic leader 10 ba tt le th e fede ra l govern ment 's m andato ry crash helmet law. "I . . . recom m end ... kill in g a few ho u rs with th e book . It's d iverting, re aso na bly racy a nd th e good guys - well. okay, t he less bad gu ys - Win In the end . " . . . Lipk in h as po ten tia l , . , Sever a l p assages a re laced with lo w - key h umo r and read well part icu la rly his motorcycl ist 's eye view of cross ing Texas in a bli zza rd . " And , on a seco nd level , the volume h as po litica l im plicat ions beyo nd d iversion. . . It is a pa rt of th e ne w wave of lib ert a rian media whi ch quest ion the ro le of govern ment as father ra t her th a n un cle. "T he re is, th ro ugh film , novel a nd popula r song. a good deal of sim me ring d isco nt ent withi n m uch of society . Som e of it is tradi tio nally populist in tone bu t a ll bo ils d own to a basic Jeffersonia n belief t ha t th e go vernm ent which governs least governs best. " Lipkin adds 10 t he ge nre , reac hi ng ever furt her into t he Am er ican subcu lt ure for evide nce th a t the citizen, reg ardless of his sta ke in society, is repressed by lu d icrous st a tu te. , " Yet is t he idea of an Omega Sq uad , pled ge d 10 wip e ou t these cyclist s th rough assassina tion, if need be - so . fa rfetched ? Would governm ent stoo p 10 th at extreme, j ust to su pport a burea ucratic bel ief t ha t o nly gove rn m ent ca n (and m ust) prot ect Am erica ns from their worst ene my us? 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