Some people are naturally more stubborn than others.  I probably came to that conclusion due to my exceptionally mule-headed ancestry.<p>As a result, when I perceive that someone is working against my own interests, I will do anything within the bounds of my own ethics to trip them up, even to my own detriment.  I <i>want</i> to waste lots of nights and weekends mailing documents in to traffic court, to try to get that revenue-generating municipal summons turned into a money-losing jury trial, with plenty of motions and discovery and appeals.<p>&quot;Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.&quot; --H.D. Thoreau<p>Under a government which funds itself by forcing citizens to pay more in order to be hassled less, choosing to accept the inconvenience might be considered an altruistic act....[0]  But in my case, it would be purely for spite.  From Hell&#x27;s heart, I stab at thee, Captain Kirk.<p>If you want to let those bastards get away with their scam just because you can&#x27;t stand to have a little manure tossed at you, go right ahead.  I hope you enjoy smelling nice and not having any parts of your face broken when you go out with your fancy respectable folk.<p>The cops say &quot;you can beat the rap, but you can&#x27;t beat the ride.&quot;  Well, Cave Johnson says, &quot;I&#x27;m going to burn life&#x27;s house down, with the lemons!&quot;  (He says what we&#x27;re all thinking.)  If you want to take me on a ride, don&#x27;t forget that you&#x27;ll have to drive the whole way.  If you&#x27;re intentionally inconveniencing me, as as informal punishment, remember this: &quot;I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.&quot; --G.B. Shaw.<p>[0] Poe&#x27;s Law note: this is the inflection point between mostly-sincere and mostly-insincere.  Determining which is which is left as an exercise for the reader.