Tim, I believe it is me that you might be refering to as the offending Moderator. If you will read my post, you will see that I did not call your young friend a douche bag, nor did I call him anything derogatory. Very simply I pointed out that smoking out an unsuspecting old lady on a street corner is acting like a douche bag, Hence, "don't act like a douche bag, and people will not treat you like one" Unless I am wrong, I see little humor in that. If it were my mother or grandmother, there would be a problem, and it would be dealt with straight forth in a professional, manner. Now lets say its not someone like me and that someone beats dimples into his tribute truck making it look like a golf ball because they think it is "fun" is that worth it? Is your causing a major accident on a freeway from "having fun" worth injuring someone, or possibly worse? If that's my wife, or my son in that car, again there will be problems, yet, I am a rational law abiding citizen. What are you planning to do when that individual is a nut ball, and decides your fun had at his expense, (Loss), is worth putting a bullet between his eyes. Are these scenarios far fetched, are they extreme? Maybe, but tell me it couldn't happen. Would that be ok with you Tim, because he is a "Good Person", and Advocate against street racing, and because you think its OK, he's just a kid having a little fun?
I don't care if he is Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Ghandi and John force's love child. The fact of the matter is, his actions are not only childish, but could be dangerous, and like it or not, his actions are the same actions that someone who is a "Douche bag" would find appropriate. I have not even touched upon what ignorant people such as he, (Note, calling him ignorant is not deragatory), are doing to the sport that myself and so many others love, each and every time they smoke someone out for fun. You know those things that come around every so often called Ballots? Initiatives, and clean air acts that people vote on? When the folks go to vote on the initiative, (and it is coming), is on the ballot to clean up diesel smoke, how do you think that person that was at the receiving end of meanies "fun" is going to vote?
Tim, I am nearly 40 years of age, and have done many foolish things in my life, (Drinking and flying is not one of them, if that comment was directed towards me), many of them I regret. Saying that your friend is acting like a douche bag when he finds great pleasure smoking out some unsuspecting pedestrian at a stop light is not one of those regrets. It is in fact a statement from someone who has a vested interest in showing that while the positives (him having "fun") are few, the negatives, and the consequences can be many. Now if you would like to continue this conversation, feel free to PM me at any time, and you can do your best to persuade me that his youth, public service, and accomplishments in any way justify his actions.
Tim