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| Jayx1 |
And then they ask "why are kids getting into so much trouble these days?"
People make me sick
| quote: | Skateboarders are usually the ones blamed for making too much noise, but yesterday they were the quiet ones.
Instead, senior citizens, parents with young kids, environmentalists, retirees, bird watchers and fervent local residents were the ones yelling, screaming and calling out their local councillor at a lunchtime meeting.
Etobicoke-Lakeshore Councillor Mark Grimes was under siege from about 120 people over a proposed $500,000 skateboard park slated for Colonel Samuel Smith Park.
"This park is passive nature, it's not a sport complex park," said resident Diana-Lyn Melnyk. "This is not something to be rushed and pushed down our throats."
The skateboard park is planned for an area -- adjacent to the Power Plant --which some residents claim is full of nesting birds and wildlife. A biologist determined the park would not impact on the natural environment.
Etobicoke businessman Jay Mandarino, identifying himself as a skateboarder who's helped design more than 200 skateboard parks, said the location will flop.
"The location is off the beaten path," Mandarino said. "It's going to attract the wrong kind of skaters."
Skaters complain they can't go anywhere without being harassed, so being away from houses is good. However, they're upset the design is not challenging; it's been taken back to the drawing board.
"This is a perfect spot," said Lazar Grigorov, 17, who arrived with a board and his hand in a cast from a recent wipeout. "If they change the location people will complain about the noise."
Former councillor Irene Jones claimed there were other possible sites and Grimes promised to examine them. |
Sadly Lazar Grigorov has learned very young about how intolerant his country really is. |
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| Frenchie |
"It's going to attract the wrong kind of skaters."
I didn't know there were right and wrong kind of skaters. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| Dude I live in the area and I've already seen flyers on lamp posts and bus stops advertising this :rolleyes: Although, on the flyers it says that it's a 1.5 million dollar skate park that they're trying to stop. I go rollerblading in the area they're talking about pretty often and I think it's a perfect spot for it. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
"It's going to attract the wrong kind of skaters."
I didn't know there were right and wrong kind of skaters. |
Did you read the whole sentence? The guy has a point. |
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| Frenchie |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Did you read the whole sentence? The guy has a point. |
I'm sure he does have a point.
But not only did I read the whole sentence, I read the whole article, I was just saying, I didn't realize there were " wrong " skaters and " right " skaters, that's all. I don't know skaters that well, but the ones I know are just laid back and cool, so I have no reason to know a difference. |
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| Jayx1 |
Just another case of NIMBYism...
and sadly people are listening to these idiots |
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| Abercrombie |
Obviously the grumps would rather have them loiter, vandalize, cause crime and be up to no good all summer due to boredom.
Give teens things to do in the summer, and they'll stay out of trouble. |
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| King Luis |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
Obviously the grumps would rather have them loiter, vandalize, cause crime and be up to no good all summer due to boredom.
Give teens things to do in the summer, and they'll stay out of trouble. |
exactly. you keep them doing something they like. and it'll keep them out of things that you don't want them to do.
lots of people need to chill out and realize that times are changing. |
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| Pettiscool |
| perfect location.......and skate parks in the gta have been wildly successful, i have no idea what these people are bitching about. theres not houses around for miles |
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| starsearcher |
| Even the skaters themselves don't want that park though...They showed some of the skaters on TV saying it'll be crap anyway |
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| Djsketchbag |
| ..... ppl complain when kids skate on the streets ppl complain when they wanna build a skate park so that kids aren't skating on the streets ppl are such bicthes about everything ..... skate or die mother ******s!!!! lol |
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| Jayx1 |
| ^^^^ Thats why i gave up on trying to please others long ago. No matter what you do they will bitch. So do your own thing (as long as you arent hurting others) and let them bitch away! |
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