Re: Skate Park

["Kacey" <kaceyk@moscow.com>]

You may be true that it is a weak argument, however sending children to
public school, in my opinion, is much more helpful than hurtful.

-Kacey


----- Original Message -----
From: "TEX" <tex@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu>
To: "Kacey" <kaceyk@moscow.com>
Cc: <vision2020@moscow.com>; "Bob Hoffmann" <escape@alt-escape.com>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: Skate Park


>
>
> No offense, Kacey, but that is a fairly weak argument.  The same argument
> you have made could be used in support of not sending kids to public
> schools.  I"m not sure if that is good for the skate park or bad for the
> schools..
>
>            Clint "Tex" Payton
>        email: tex@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu
>
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Kacey wrote:
>
> > My point is not that I don't like the skate park.  My point is that I
would
> > not allow my children to go to the skate park.  It is a dangerous, both
> > mentally and physically, place for young children.  I am sure many other
> > parents would not want their children in such an enviroment.
> >
> > -Kacey
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Hoffmann" <escape@alt-escape.com>
> > To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: Skate Park
> >
> >
> > > At 03:21 PM 4/16/2001 -0700, Kacey Krehbiel wrote:
> > > >I agree with you, we can find good at bad places....
> > >
> > > Kacey,
> > >
> > > Don't forget that the reverse is true:  We can also find bad in good
> > > places.  I take it that you are saying the skate park is "not your
> > > thing."  Well, that's fine.  But I don't think you are doing anybody a
> > > service by insinuating that it is a bad thing, and that predominantly
bad
> > > people hang out there.
> > >
> > > I remember suggesting to my little sister that she should take a
> > > woodworking class in high school.  She said, "I don't want to be in a
> > class
> > > with a bunch of burnouts!"  Well, I loved woodworking in high school,
and
> > I
> > > certainly was no burnout.  Indeed, a lot of stereotypical "druggies"
were
> > > in shop classes, but so were a lot of jocks.  And a lot of just plain
nice
> > > people.  But I didn't go to woodworking class for any of the above; I
went
> > > to those classes because I loved to take a hunk of wood and transform
it
> > > into a cedar chest, or a cupboard, or a smoothly polished bowl.  I
enjoyed
> > > some of those people, and "dealt with" the others, because they were
> > around
> > > something that I loved to do.  If you don't like skating, then you
don't
> > > have to go to the skate park and deal with the people who hang out
there.
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob Hoffmann
> > > 846 Mabelle St.
> > > Moscow, ID  83843
> > >
> > > Tel: 208 883-0642
> > > Fax: 877 495-2279
> > >
> >
>