Saturday, May 8, 2010

My Manifesto

5/6/2010

Skateboarders: Your community has failed you
A call to the skateboarding and BMX youth of North Smithfield: Your community has failed you. Your community does not support you because they feel you do not fit the mold they made for you. However, do you want to be molded like the leaders of this community? These are the same people that either want the town to look as it did 50 years ago, or the people who think by bringing in some big retail store all of our tax problems will go away. None of these people want to create anything.
I call on you to look back in time, study the founders of this great land. How did they succeed? They created something out of nothing. They forged our great nation out of a wilderness that was ungoverned and unexplored.
The creative aspect of mankind is what has always brought him success. It is up to you to do the same to keep skateboarding and BMX alive in your town. Build with wood, concrete, and dirt. Make your own spots. The skills you learn in doing so will be just as fun as the tricks you will perform on the spots when you are done. You will also be learning self-reliance, something often forgotten in today's modern world where people are expecting their government to take care of them. Defy the community that is letting you down, show them that they cannot take away your fun by removing concrete forms and locking them away.
Walter Pierowski
North Smithfield
http://www.breezeobserver.com/Freecol/EDIT-5-06-NS-Skateboard

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