<kirk_ritchey28m> wrote in message
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> On May 23, 9:44 am, Oship <markos...@> wrote:
>> On May 23, 1:55 am, Steven Wilson <eze...m> wrote:
>> To my son and his friends, who a die-hard hardcore skateboarders,
>> TH
>> is the biggest sell-out in the history of skateboarding. Ben, who
>> loves coasters as much as Dad, said he wouldn't ride it if it was
>> the
>> last reamining coaster in the world.
>>
>> Just wondering how many of you happen to be skateboarders? And if
>> you
>> are, do you share the hardcore boarders attitude?
>
> I wonder what Tony Hawk thinks about the actual ride?
I'd guess it's something like "CHA-CHING."
I love it when people start screaming "sellout!" It always amuses me.
"He's part of the Machine now! He has betrayed our ideals!" It's
like the inverse of the hardcore Rage Against the Machine fans who
don't understand that they're contributing to the Machine by buying
those cds.
I'm no skateboarder, so I don't have a real opinion on Tony Hawk. But
I'm fine with him cashing those checks. Rake it in while you can,
man. "Sellout!" is usually a sign that you're succeeding on a massive
scale, because the fringe is suddenly feeling betrayed and angsty
about you and corporations. And if the fringe is all angsty about
you, you're moving into sensible adult territory.
Not to belittle your son, Steven. Okay, maybe just a little. I'll
bet he just "loves" Bam Margera for the same reasons.
--
Keith Hopkins
susskins@sssssssssgmail.ssssssssscom
[clear up the hissing to email]
PETER MARSHALL: "According to Tony Randall,
'Every woman I've been intimate with in my life
has been...' What?"
PAUL LYNDE: "Bitterly disappointed."
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