Tuesday was a nice sunny day and while walking to the beach to fly my drone, I saw a woman in her 20s riding her bicycle on the footpath with no helmet, which is against the law in Australia and very slightly dangerous. Lots of people saw her and no-one was upset, it was absolutely fine.
In contrast, this forum (in every category) has so many posts by people who feel the need to lecture other drone pilots for every minor infringement they see. They behave like the sky is falling and claim that these minor infringements will result in stricter laws and penalties for us all, possibly banning recreational flying all together.
I personally do not believe that the young woman riding her bicycle, who I mentioned earlier, is ruining it for all cyclists, nor will she get all bicycles banned in the world. The same applies for drone pilots.
The moral of this story? Ease up on the lecturing, just chill out and enjoy flying your drone.
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.” — Robert A. Heinlein
“Any fool can make a rule. And any fool will mind it.” — Henry David Thorea