Too many liberals wanting the government to control everything that we do. Usually people who aren't smart enough to make decisions for themselves and need someone else advising them.
Well Richard, those liberals are citizens too, with equal rights to yours, so what do propose to do? Punch them in the mouth as some here would? Subtly threaten to shoot them by flashing your firearms bling?
I'm probably more conservative than you in terms of my political views (I usually am in almost all conversations). Difference is, I understand that my views are no more legitimate, and have equal weight to those of others that disagree with me. I understand that the best way to govern a society is with Rule of Law, and that those rules are best made through compromise in the democratic process. So, I engage that process peacefully, and (metaphorically) fight to achieve what I think is right.
At 55, I've come to understand that I'll be most successful in that with persuasion, not animosity. Why so many fail to understand this -- when it is precisely a factual truth for them personally as well -- mystifies me.
What do you want: Rules that accommodate our needs as much as possible, or heavy restriction?
After reading this, and a few other threads the past few weeks, it inspired me to do something I hadn't thought of: I put together a flyer about myself, my drone interests and activities here in the neighborhood. I visited 42 neighbors in the immediate area and either handed it to them (with a little discussion), or left it on their door.
With 2 exceptions, the outcome has been amazing. I've had a dozen or so com by (the flier had an invitation) to check it all out. Three have asked me if I would shoot their homes for them. One has gone out and purchased a P4. Most important, I fly all over my neighborhood area now with basically no issues, no one is bothered, they know who to call if they have a problem with me flying right then for some reason, etc., and I can fly for the most part freely.
People fear what they don't know. The media does a great job of stoking this, rather than informing. This simply is the way it is, and no amount of complaining and chest-beating is going to change it. If we want this hobby to continue to expand and improve, we better learn how to exercise it cooperatively with the vast majority of the public we live with that simple doesn't give a **** about model aircraft, and if left to the media and other ignorant sources of information, will see it as a sinister nuisance.
The worst thing any of us can do in "the cause" is to confirm and strengthen those suspicions by behaving like scary, annoying people.
