Entitlement and perspective.
I'm not surprised to hear the writer of an article on a website such as NSMB was reflective about the fact that they shouldn't have been there either.
I am also absolutely not surprised to hear that someone who knew full well the damage they were doing to the trails put themselves on a (metaphorical) hill they couldn't climb down from without feeling emasculated in front their friends.
My local (legal) mtb trails occasionally see the same behaviour you described here from an hilariously similar recreational group with laughably similar arguments about their lack of options.
There's really no winning whether you're in the right or not. People who have decided they can justify their behaviour with crappy, often weak arguments will never change.
What a great article, Lacy.
March 12, 2024, 11:43 p.m. - Karl Fitzpatrick
Entitlement and perspective. I'm not surprised to hear the writer of an article on a website such as NSMB was reflective about the fact that they shouldn't have been there either. I am also absolutely not surprised to hear that someone who knew full well the damage they were doing to the trails put themselves on a (metaphorical) hill they couldn't climb down from without feeling emasculated in front their friends. My local (legal) mtb trails occasionally see the same behaviour you described here from an hilariously similar recreational group with laughably similar arguments about their lack of options. There's really no winning whether you're in the right or not. People who have decided they can justify their behaviour with crappy, often weak arguments will never change. What a great article, Lacy.