<p>Okay… let’s say I got a parking ticket because I parked somewhere and went over the time limit. I now need to face the consequences. How would my taking responsibility for my actions be considered “letting people walk all over me like that?” Why would I be considered an “idiot?”</p>
<p>If I wrongly received a ticket, then yes, it would not make sense for me to pay up. That would be being passive and letting people walk over me.</p>