Skateistan

[Old Monkey]

How about a cool story about Afghanistan? Check this out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/sports/othersports/26skate.html?_r=1

Watch the video.

 

[Paul B]

Interesting!

 

[Old Monkey]

Its nice to see kids getting to be kids.

 

[Paul B]

yup. a little disturbing to read that the little girl accepts being beaten by her brothers if they catch her skating. and that there was a suicide bomber's dead body dragged away from an adjacent intersection an hour or so earlier. crazy world.

 

[Old Monkey]

I was removing a pine tree at a school on 9/11. Seeing kids playing that day gave me hope. Even in the worst of times and in the hardest places to live on earth, children play.

 

[No_Bivy]

but then they will thirst for more...
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[Bodean]

Punk Bands were playing at the 4th street Tavern that night.

I'm glad terrorism can't stop the Punks.

 

[Wagnaw]

If die hard skateboarding takes off in Afghanistan, the Taliban better watch out! ...unless they end up like all these born again skaters down here in the bible belt... :roll: sheehh!

 

[No_Bivy]

bible bopping skaters?....dooo what

 

[Wagnaw]

Yup. There are three good parks around here... Four of which are christian led parks. Like, every tuesday at one in Waynesville, you can skate for a dollar, but you have to listen to a 20 min. bible lesson.

...we usually go and get some 40's about 5 min. before until about 5 min. after.

 

[No_Bivy]

40 oz to freedom?

 

[OTGBOSTON]

40 oz to salvation?

 

[Old Monkey]

Maybe we aren't doing those Afghan kids a favor.

 

[Wagnaw]

Maybe we aren't doing those Afghan kids a favor.

Yeah... Probably not. But skating still ROCKS!

 

[No_Bivy]

it'll be good for em......lots of mt's there...fock the Taliban
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[No_Bivy]

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