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The kids of Dogtown committed many, many property crimes as the trespassed to skate the empty swimming pools of SoCal during the drought and created modern skat

The kids of Dogtown committed many, many property crimes as the trespassed to skate the empty swimming pools of SoCal during the drought and created modern skateboarding as we know it. Skaters all over America during the ‘80s and ‘90s were treated as degenerates and nuisances. I have friends who were endlessly hassled by the cops. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maxwellneelycohen/how-philadelphia-destroyed-the-greatest-skate-spot-ever-made https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maxwellneelycohen/how-p... You refer to people’s potential to crush and main, yet, again, the only recorded injury was to a single Cannonballer who broke her arm. I’m not arguing that these people are as pure as the driven snow — had you read my entire comment you would know that. If you drive I am certain that you speed and break all manner of laws on a regular basis. Most people who wrap themselves in pretzels to justify their lawbreaking while distancing themselves from those evil people over there that they’re nothing like. We are all criminals, we all do selfish, antisocial things that subtract from other people’s health, safety, wealth, and general wellbeing. I think everyone agrees, including those who drive the Cannonball themselves, that they deserve to spend some time in jail or at the very least suffer some nasty speeding tickets.

everyone 6y ago
Simply trespassing cannot possibly harm another person. "the only recorded injury was to a single Cannonballer who broke her arm" Thats simply luck. It is a fact that speeding in a motor vehicle is extremely dangerous. There's endless data supporting the link between speed and death. Speeding in a motor vehicle on public roads is doing something that is known to, and can easily kill innocent people. If one really wants the social cachet of being a rich 'rebel', please do something that can only kill oneself. That would be fine. Dont risk the lives of other innocent people.
- coward8675309 6y ago
  These people are not rich. Where is this recurring erroneous assertion coming from? Is your moral framework that all evil comes from wealth and therefore these people must be wealthy? We all get bees in our bonnet about different things and you’re entitled to whatever preoccupation suits you. I believe the world would be a far safer, less irritating place if traffic policing focused on people who don’t yield the left lane when traffic approaches from behind. The people who do this cause accidents by encouraging people driving quickly to pass on the right. Such lane hogs present a far greater danger to my personal safety than people who are simply driving fast, and leftmost lane slowpokes are far more likely to possess the sort of righteous attitude that your comment embodies. Righteousness and more specifically righteous anger get people killed.

everyone 6y ago

Simply trespassing cannot possibly harm another person. "the only recorded injury was to a single Cannonballer who broke her arm" Thats simply luck. It is a fact that speeding in a motor vehicle is extremely dangerous. There's endless data supporting the link between speed and death. Speeding in a motor vehicle on public roads is doing something that is known to, and can easily kill innocent people. If one really wants the social cachet of being a rich 'rebel', please do something that can only kill oneself. That would be fine. Dont risk the lives of other innocent people.

coward8675309 6y ago
These people are not rich. Where is this recurring erroneous assertion coming from? Is your moral framework that all evil comes from wealth and therefore these people must be wealthy? We all get bees in our bonnet about different things and you’re entitled to whatever preoccupation suits you. I believe the world would be a far safer, less irritating place if traffic policing focused on people who don’t yield the left lane when traffic approaches from behind. The people who do this cause accidents by encouraging people driving quickly to pass on the right. Such lane hogs present a far greater danger to my personal safety than people who are simply driving fast, and leftmost lane slowpokes are far more likely to possess the sort of righteous attitude that your comment embodies. Righteousness and more specifically righteous anger get people killed.