Hvad betyder mc på en biker vest?
Motorcycle club
Motorcycle club
Forkortelserne MC og MCC bruges begge til at betyde "motorcykelklub", men har en særlig social betydning set ud fra et synspunkt fra den lovløse eller enprocents motorcykel-subkultur. MC er generelt forbeholdt de klubber, der er gensidigt anerkendt af andre MC- eller outlaw-motorcykelklubber. Dette angives ved, at en motorcyklist bærer et MC-patch eller et tredelte patch, kaldet farver, på bagsiden af sin jakke eller kørevest. Outlaw eller one percenter kan blot betyde, at klubben ikke er chartret under American Motorcyclist Association, hvilket indebærer en radikal afvisning af autoriteter og omfavnelse af "biker"-livsstilen, som den er defineret og populariseret siden 1950'erne og repræsenteret af medier som Easyriders magazine, maler David Manns værker og andre. I mange sammenhænge overlapper begreberne med den sædvanlige betydning af "fredløs", fordi nogle af disse klubber eller nogle af deres medlemmer af de retshåndhævende myndigheder anerkendes som værende involveret i organiseret kriminalitet.
motorcycle club
Motorcycle club
The abbreviations MC and MCC are both used to mean "motorcycle club" but have a special social meaning from the point of view of the outlaw or one percenter motorcycling subculture. MC is generally reserved for those clubs that are mutually recognized by other MC or outlaw motorcycle clubs. This is indicated by a motorcyclist wearing an MC patch, or a three-piece patch called colors, on the back of their jacket or riding vest. Outlaw or one percenter can mean merely that the club is not chartered under the auspices of the American Motorcyclist Association, implying a radical rejection of authority and embracing of the "biker" lifestyle as defined and popularized since the 1950s and represented by such media as Easyriders magazine, the work of painter David Mann and others. In many contexts the terms overlap with the usual meaning of "outlaw" because some of these clubs, or some of their members, are recognized by law enforcement agencies as taking part in organized crime.
Motorcycle club