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Before I begin to delve into my intended article, I'd like to get two things out of the way. First of all, admittedly, I've been abusing my content writer status. Or not abusing enough, as I haven't written an article in months. Secondly, this is not a skate related article, well, depending on your point of view. This article is to speak directly to the grand majority of this site. The teenagers, who to some extent, some more than others, feel... betrayed by the world. I'm sure a large majority of you aren't the most "popular" in your school, and many feel ostracized by the high school social hierarchy. And, from my years as a student, I've decided to try and give some insight on what the high school life is really about.
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With the recent fluctuation in tobacco threads, I felt it a good chance to set the records straight and give some true, unbiased facts on cigarettes and chewing tobacco.
All of this delicious information can be read directly at
http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/tobaccostatistics/Smoking_Statistics_Tobacco_Use_and_How_it_Affects_Us.html
As a smoker myself, I too was shocked and a bit appalled by some of the shit that tobacco companies throw in cigarettes. Check it out. Big list, 599 ingredients, tons of unpronounceable junk.
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In light of the recent spam attacks on SkaterCafe, and a lot of the fighting and arguing on the boards, I've been thinking......Is the internet really meant to be handled as a real life situation?
Most of SB-C's regular members have seen the goods and bads of a messageboard. People can communicate freely, share ideas, get help, find product.....but the downside is the potential indecent exposure to curse words, sexual pictures, racism, stereotypes and so on.
But does "messageboard hatred" really influence us? Should we brush it off as careless ignorance, or take it seriously, even as seriously as legal actions? I've seen all the names spouted out, all the racial slurs, and I will definitely admit to having used them. But does this constitute harassment and discrimination?
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Skateboarding, beyond simply being an activity that we all love to take part in, is an abstraction… it’s full of grey areas where lines are blurred or imaginary. Take the “activity
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