A very fair post pace which I agree with.
Its not just us knobs on BB's there is a fair amount of "talent limited" so need a chute to save there arses, outside forums.
I reallly would never put myself over a bit of woods if I could help it and noway would I be over them with 10 plus miles to play with and 10 mins. If they had pulled over a green bit after decideding at 1000 ft it was ****e I wouldn' t have an issue.
I think 007 though has although not meaning to has made a point about the mentality of some pilots.
There are some that treat the chute as a bonus and there are others that see it as a get out of jail free card that means the don't have to do normal "airmanship" The ones that see it as a bonus join the additional optional training/idea storming forums and then see to have a very healthy outlook and the others which are the ones that give the rest a bad name end up as a darwin satistic.