Originally Posted by
Geordi Laforge
this.
sometimes you just gotta quiet the monkey brain that rationalizes such things and just back off.
I dont know what is right and wrong -- im not a moralist. But I know sometimes it's better for yourself to just walk away and train yourself to overcome dumb temptations. If you rationalize taking someones frame, next time you might be more inclined to take someone's lights because you dont want to die riding home and you promise yourself you'll return them the next day...once the proverbial snowball is rolling down the hill, stealing and lying and scheming become that much more easier.
This.
I knew a guy who had some... stong opinions and questionable philosophies. He was always the kind of guy you could call on for some random favor, because he was a pack rat and had EVERYTHING. One day he found himself a set of 4' bolt cutters.
He started cutting locks for friends when they lost their keys drunk.
Then he started freeing up crusty old BMXs in crappy neighborhoods. Only after he had watched them for a few months, and then he'd give them to a local childrens charitable center.
Then he started cruising the campuses, cause I mean those kid's don't even care about their ****. I mean look at how much they throw out on move out day? Where do you think I got these sneakers? I only unchain them when I
know schools out for the year, and they haven't moved all semester.
Then I was out for a ride with him on a popular MUP, and at the crest of a trail was a beautifully set up 90's MTB locked to a fence. Man, I'm gonna come back here and check that bike out tomorrow night. If it's still here, that person has more money than common sense, and they don't deserve a bike that sweet.
The last time I saw him, I was at his house and he had carbon frames laying around everywhere.
It's a slippery slope, man. Like K2 covered in KY.