SOA is a guilty pleasure so couldn't resist the title. Below is an article in The Washington Post on Japan's biker community's relief efforts in the disaster areas. Always good to hear about peops pitching in -- and developing a greater sense of community and humanity in the process.

"Organized through motorcycle clubs, tattoo parlors and biker bars, it appeals to anarchists, outcasts, people who don’t trust the government’s efforts and who don’t donate to the Red Cross."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/toky...ry.html?hpid=z3

"The effort’s key organizers are men who built reputations as tough street fighters, drug addicts or motorcycle gang members, then outgrew them as they got sober or became fathers. They say their first foray into philanthropy has been rewarding, a way to meet new people and to give something back."