But what makes its idiotic is not because someone is voicing their opinion or expressing a concern. It is the childish tone of entitlement that drips from it in every sentence. No one owes this dude anything - especially the trail builders - and he/she should get it hammered in the head.
yes, that i agree with.
I am, just like the OP, a non-contributing no body that just heads on these amazing trails and reaps the benefit of hour and hours of hard work volunteers have put in to make it possible. I am sure that every single one of these volunteers would have preferred to be riding their bike, rather than hours in the evenings and weekend breaking their back shoveling. I for one, just count my blessing and try to enjoy every second my wheels touch the golden gravel they pave.
not necessarily, a lot of people who, who do trail work on a regular basis do so because they want to and they have just as much fun building as they do riding. at least that's my experience with the people i know who have been builders.
Sure, if they came and directly asked my opinion, I might make a few suggestions. Or if I headed out to every trail day, then yes, I might express something. Otherwise, I keep my yap closed and encourage the other non-contributing parasites to do the same.
thoughtful sharing of opinions is never a bad thing, something i have been guilty of not doing in the past.
We don't know what our limits are, so to start something with the idea of being limited actually ends up limiting us.
Ellen Langer
