This part is true. If the USA didn’t have so overly-many age groups, the assumption by most riders would have to be that they weren’t going to win. In something like the Olympics, there are only a handful of athletes in any given event who know they have a chance to win, while usually a much larger number know it’s extremely unlikely. They are just there to do the best they can. Jonny_Peacock is just suggesting he may take the risk of being disqualified because he likes a certain band. Otherwise he sounds like he wants to do the best he can.
I just noticed; you’re one of the kids yourself (17)! I thought you were a little older. Do you know how many times kids stab each other in schools? Well shoot. If that goes on, I guess it’s okay at our event too. Do you agree? Or is it okay for the organizers to have standards? You don’t have to like them or agree with them. That’s part of the concept of “it’s not your convention and nobody is making you go.” You always have choices.
BTW, these forums are also considered a family place, and rude language is frowned upon. So here’s a little
for you.
I’m not uptight. I’ve kept coming back on this thread to help people understand the “whys” of that little rule, and a little about USA/NAUCC philosophy for people who have never been to one of their events. They’re not like a MUni fesitval, which has very few small kids and is mostly outdoors. There are lots of unicycle clubs with riders, all the way down to preschool, with their whole families within earshot. I used to work in schools, lots of them. I understand that the larger a group of people, the wider a range of standards they’re likely to have. If your intent is not to offend, you learn to restrict your own actions as a way of being polite.
Or not.
Then you’ve got some growing up to do. You don’t have to be offended yourself; you just have to understand that someone else might be offended, and give a crap. This is part of what we call “community,” where large groups of people live together by not always just doing or saying whatever they think or feel, without consideration for others around them.
Example: Your friend just found out he’s going to have to have all four wisdom teeth removed at once. He’s scared. You know he doesn’t like needles and hates going to the dentist. Your other friend then proceeds to tell him the horror story of his own, single wisdom tooth extraction, which led to an infection, pain, lots of swelling, and an inability to eat for several days. Bad taste or not? If you think not, you still aren’t getting it.