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I know many here have spent countless hours with the various efforts to keep off-roading trails open. I appreciate those efforts and don't want to take anything away from them. It seems that with all those efforts and the monies collected, we are still losing ground. It's not working, it is only slowing the process down. I believe our grandkids will only be able to off-road in private, for-profit parks.
I think the time is right to go on the offensive, and take our issues to the people. It's time for protesting with peaceful disobedience. What if off-roaders of all types, all across the nation on a given day converged on a recently closed trail or area and drove on that closed trail or area? Politely sign the tickets and politely disobey. Swamp the courts and refuse to settle without your right to an individual hearing. Get into the national media.
People are sick of government control of all types. People are sick of the climate change preachers and greenie hypocrites.
How many times have we seen a tree hugger chained to a tree in violation of the law, in order to prevent or delay it from being cut? It gets media attention. It works for them. People strapped together blocking a road in a unlawful protest over (abortion, pro-life, gay/lesbian rights, racial rights, Hummer sales, whatever). It works. They get media attention and politicians become afraid to cross them. They become a force to be reckoned with, even if they are a small minority. They get heard.
We get used. Every program we have to fight closure comes across as apologetic for what we do. We are willing to bend over backwards if they will just be nice to us. Like we are doing something wrong and are begging them to let us get away with it. It's our land, we have a right to use it. Period. No apologies. If a fight is what they want, then don't be nice about it.
Remember the Boston Tea Party? It was a group of disgruntled criminals to some. It was a group of citizens standing against government oppression to others. I want to throw some tea off the boat. I want to tell the government to kiss off. I think Americans have a historic obligation to stand in defiance of politicians, after legal attempts have failed. The off-road communities attempts have failed.
I am not a radical, anarchy rules type of guy. But we are not feared or respected as a group. The politicians know about us, but they don't care. We have no teeth. We've been submissive too long.
No disrespect meant to anyone. I thank those who put their time and effort into fighting for the off-road community. I don't believe the land grabs are about protecting the land, they are about politicians controlling every aspect of the citizen's lives.
I think the time is right to go on the offensive, and take our issues to the people. It's time for protesting with peaceful disobedience. What if off-roaders of all types, all across the nation on a given day converged on a recently closed trail or area and drove on that closed trail or area? Politely sign the tickets and politely disobey. Swamp the courts and refuse to settle without your right to an individual hearing. Get into the national media.
People are sick of government control of all types. People are sick of the climate change preachers and greenie hypocrites.
How many times have we seen a tree hugger chained to a tree in violation of the law, in order to prevent or delay it from being cut? It gets media attention. It works for them. People strapped together blocking a road in a unlawful protest over (abortion, pro-life, gay/lesbian rights, racial rights, Hummer sales, whatever). It works. They get media attention and politicians become afraid to cross them. They become a force to be reckoned with, even if they are a small minority. They get heard.
We get used. Every program we have to fight closure comes across as apologetic for what we do. We are willing to bend over backwards if they will just be nice to us. Like we are doing something wrong and are begging them to let us get away with it. It's our land, we have a right to use it. Period. No apologies. If a fight is what they want, then don't be nice about it.
Remember the Boston Tea Party? It was a group of disgruntled criminals to some. It was a group of citizens standing against government oppression to others. I want to throw some tea off the boat. I want to tell the government to kiss off. I think Americans have a historic obligation to stand in defiance of politicians, after legal attempts have failed. The off-road communities attempts have failed.
I am not a radical, anarchy rules type of guy. But we are not feared or respected as a group. The politicians know about us, but they don't care. We have no teeth. We've been submissive too long.
No disrespect meant to anyone. I thank those who put their time and effort into fighting for the off-road community. I don't believe the land grabs are about protecting the land, they are about politicians controlling every aspect of the citizen's lives.
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