Observations

[paturoa]

... why are people so quick to pass judgement on other bikers when they are caught and admit wrong and they will earn from their mistakes?

I think that is the core of your post.

I thought about that for a bit and for me (I judge but rarely post) the answer is easy, if not enlightening.

.... sitting behind our screens it is easy to type what we really think to some "stranger". Face to face we would seldom say what we really think to dumb arses.

Most probably the posters (dumb arses) wouldn't say what they say online, face to face either.

Our individual, values, morals and ethics are what they are. You won't change mine by telling me that I' dumb arse on-line, I will just mirror your thought back to you.

We "humans" at this stage of our development haven't had a full generation of on-line experience to work out when to say what we really think and when not to.

The core thing here is that every one else who has different values, bahaviours etc to me is a dumb arse. I wouldn't tell them that to their face, but sure as bears shit in the woods I'll think it.

I think I need more beer, perhaps I've already had too many - lol

eidt: this is all based on the premise that I'm not a dumb arse!

[Fatjim]

blah blah blah

[jade]

lol at ur sig ^^
can someone explain what the hell green and red rep are ?

[Steam]

lol at ur sig ^^
can someone explain what the hell green and red rep are ?

If someone hates you they'll click the little plus/minus button top right of your post. Then write something rude. If they hate you a lot they'll do it again and again. I have people on my ignore list because they just kept giving me red rep again and again for no good reason.

green rep is good, click it if someone said something you especially like.

But ultimately it means nothing.

[Hitcher]

Everybody fucks up at least once in their lives. How they cope with that and what they learn from it is what is important.

Some Hebrew dude allegedly once said "Judge not lest ye yourself be judged," and "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." He probably had it about right, hard as it is at times not to be amused by the efforts of fuckwits.

[Big Dave]

Some Hebrew dude allegedly once said

Uncle Manny?

[duckonin]

We all have options, the younger ones take the option most exciting to tell their mates about,some older riders "generally" take the safest option, hence the insurance for younger people..

At the end of the day every person is entitiled to their own opinion, take it or leave it does it matter ? they are going to do what they want to do any way.. Speed be a right prat and in general be a right arshole what ever they do untill time catches up with them....Maturty at some point may set in ..:

[The Stranger:Me]

I am just curious as to why so many jump on the finger pointing, "You Dun Rong!" band wagon. Im interested to see what makes some tick.

Because I love a good old fashioned roast.
Particularly when it's someone else getting roasted.

I also understand that those that get caught out by police or a fellow human doing something wrong/dangerous/stupid can and do jump up and down and not accept responsibility for their actions. It is an all too common trend to be caught speeding and turn round and blame the cops for filling their quota, targeting you because you are on a bike or just plain didnt like you. It is a dying breed these days that own up when they are caught, accept their punishment and learn from it.

I got a ticket the other day. I didn't bleat on here, I didn't bleat to the cop.
He only got me for 121 when I had been doing way more than that for the last 3 hours (on a closed road of course) so I thought I got off lightly.

So I accept my punishment and learnt from it.
What did I learn?

Well I went and bought a radar detector cause I learnt you can use all the help you can get when speeding.
Is that the kind of thing you meant Sniper?

[Sniper]

I got a ticket the other day. I didn't bleat on here, I didn't bleat to the cop.
He only got me for 121 when I had been doing way more than that for the last 3 hours (on a closed road of course) so I thought I got off lightly.

So I accept my punishment and learnt from it.
What did I learn?

Well I went and bought a radar detector cause I learnt you can use all the help you can get when speeding.
Is that the kind of thing you meant Sniper?

Well, you learnt from your punishment (the ticket) didnt you? It didnt stop you from speeding, but it did make you think twice about doing it without the help of a detector. Granted, it won't slow you down all the time, but there will be a certain bit of time when you are travelling slower than what you normally do and if we believe the stats, apparently that will make you safer too.

[Big Dave]

Is that the kind of thing you meant Sniper?

Works for me.

HTFU-ed

[The Stranger:Me]

I think that the clash of generations on here is inevitable, and then of course, you have then to contend with the different personalities.

Personally, although I am very often tempted to call some of these boys all sorts of names, I hold myself back from doing it, as I don't think it would help in any way, shape or form...

I can't agree with what I see as a sweeping generalisation "a clash of generations". By and large from what I have seen of the youf associated with KB they are an awesome bunch and an inspiration.

So a very few of the young ones are a bit loose.
But ironically the only 2 people I have met on KB that I wont ride with would be well and truely classed as adults, given their age, in years that is.

If there is in fact a clash, I suggest it is you oldies whom need to pull your heads in and show a little respect.

[Sniper]

The old saying, "Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" could apply here.

However old you are in years makes no stand when you don't show that you have learnt anything in the time you have been alive.


(I have no idea what the fuck I meant when I said that, it made sense briefly)

[007XX]

I can't agree with what I see as a sweeping generalisation "a clash of generations". By and large from what I have seen of the youf associated with KB they are an awesome bunch and an inspiration.

So a very few of the young ones are a bit loose.
But ironically the only 2 people I have met on KB that I wont ride with would be well and truely classed as adults, given their age, in years that is.

If there is in fact a clash, I suggest it is you oldies whom need to pull your heads in and show a little respect.

Yes, I was talking in general...and age rarely has anything to do with maturity. But we were talking about verbal abuse (which I mostly see from "younger" members of KB) and finger pointing (which I mostly see from older members of the KB community...If that's not a clash of generation, then what is it?

Now if you want to single out a couple of individuals, then sure, but you can hardly make an overral call for the whole of the KB Community, can you?

For the record, I have no problems with anyone on this site...Oh hang on, yes I do...what's his name again...Oh WGAF?????

The old saying, "Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" could apply here.

However old you are in years makes no stand when you don't show that you have learnt anything in the time you have been alive.


(I have no idea what the fuck I meant when I said that, it made sense briefly)

nah, makes perfect sense to me mate! Very well put....

[Ixion]

I can't agree with what I see as a sweeping generalisation "a clash of generations". By and large from what I have seen of the youf associated with KB they are an awesome bunch and an inspiration.

So a very few of the young ones are a bit loose.
But ironically the only 2 people I have met on KB that I wont ride with would be well and truely classed as adults, given their age, in years that is.

If there is in fact a clash, I suggest it is you oldies whom need to pull your heads in and show a little respect.

I cannot let that pass unremarked. I entirely agree. I hate old people . Almost (almost!) all the young chaps are a good lot. And technically far better riders than us old farts (growing up with sprotsbikes, and young reactions etc. We make up for it with spidey sense). I've learned a lot from the younger riders, I hope to learn a lot more. Thanks, chaps.

Youse old farts need to loosen up a bit. My observation is that ones shit stinks more as one ages, not less.