Jill,
You wrote: "Skateboarding is NOT a crime. Nor should it be. Yes, it can
be destructive, but it's not INTENTIONALLY destructive. These are *kids*
and they are *playing*. Please try to remember that. Make your property
unappealing to skaters and they will move on."
Intentional or not, who pays for the repair?
Tim
Timothy S. Bottoms
Museum Registrar
Cape Fear Museum
814 Market Street
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401-4731
910.341.4350 x 3011
910.341.4037 (fax)
Jill
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Dear List:
I'd like to ask the anti-boarders on the list to take a deep breath and
get
a little perspective: if the worst thing these kids are up to is
skateboarding, then they're fine kids. They're outdoors, getting fresh
air
and exercise, not doing drugs or having sex or committing crimes or
looking
up internet pornography. Yes, they wear ridiculously large pants and
silly
haircuts, but so what? Most of us wore something stupid when we were 16,
whether we want to admit it or not. It's a privilege of youth, silly
outfits.
In all of this hysteria about potential liability/lawsuits have I heard of
anyone actually getting sued for a skateboarding injury on their property.
Has it ever happened? Does anyone know, FIRST HAND, of an institution
that
had to pay a skater's parents because the kid got injured on their
property?
Another point: 99.9% of teenagers are lippy and have attitude in the
presence of authority. It comes with the territory. Don't get snarky
with
skaters because they're just being normal teenagers. You don't expect
little leaguers to be perfect angels and ask sweetly for baseball diamonds
in public parks; why do skaters have to live up to a different standard of
behavior? If our parks depts. are going to put in facilities for
baseball,
basketball, tennis, why not skating?? It's not a crime. Can I repeat
that
one more time? Skateboarding is NOT a crime. Nor should it be.
Yes, it can be destructive, but it's not INTENTIONALLY destructive. These
are *kids* and they are *playing*. Please try to remember that. Make
your
property unappealing to skaters and they will move on. Don't change
anything, and they'll probably get bored anyway and move on eventually.
And, yes, skaters use our parking lot and loading dock on occasion but so
far we haven't been sued and no-one's had an eye put out.
Jill R. Chancey, Curator
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Laurel, MS
(phone) 601-649-6374
(fax) 601-649-6379
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