Snappin' fingers is a whole
lot easier than snappin'
handicap ramps. Just
ask Keith Hufnagel.
SMPCASE
N FEW CASES DOES
anybody ever see it
coming. If they did,
the incident most likely could be
avoided. The public eye views the
"assailants" as "the ones you never would have
expected" or the neglected computer-geek South
Park freaks. In this day and age, we are so desensitized
to violence and perverted behavior that many times people's
actions are not taken seriously.
Media attention has shifted from inner cities' problems to the
middle America high school soap opera. Being concerned about
popularity and fitting in have created more ignorance in the minds of
youth than anything in the past. What ever happened to independence?
High schools are filled with cliques and groups that only accept trendies,
jocks, and the like. Skaters are put in a separate bracket from any other
clique. Even though we're viewed in a negative light, we've got something on
the rest of the population. We've got our skateboards, and nothing anybody
says or does will keep us away from our mission. The streets are our bat-
tlefield-no need for the city to build us a field to run around in or a court
for us to throw a ball through a hoop. Destroying the architectural deca-
dence that plagues the streets of America is surely enough for us. Our
underground scene will always be raging.
Honor has been lost in today's society. People's minds are saturated
by the media and their peers to the point where nearly anyone
can spin it. Despite what many want to believe, social
hierarchy still exists today, and based on their posi-
tion, people have the hunger to step
up and reach a higher podium. The
world needs to search for the past,
when the monsters had three eyes
and six arms. Ah, yes. Those
were the days.
-Sidewalk Sam