Skateboarding Dbq

Skateboarding, growing in popularity each year, has sparked controversy in communities nationwide. Communities are facing difficulty in building skate parks quickly enough to handle the growing demands of skateboarders, many of which use their respective towns and cities as playgrounds, upsetting local citizens for various reasons. Skateboarding, though completely innocent in and of itself, is accompanied often by a certain criminal atmosphere, which is why it should be limited to designated skate parks, sidewalks, and the skaters’ private property. Some view skateboarding as a fun recreational activity, but others have different experiences; skateboards and skateboarders can cause damage to public and private property alike. Even a frequent skateboard rider conceded that he might “scratch your pretty marble ledges,” or that his board might hit a pedestrian (Source B). It is not unreasonable to expect that steps will not get damaged or paint will not be chipped due to human activity. If skateboarding creates scratches or damage, people have to pay money to repair that damage. Any recreational activity should not come at the cost of others. Another major concern with skateboarding is the culture that accompanies it. One merchant along with

Skateboarding itself can scratch or damage both private and public property and skateboarders bring about a definite increase in vandalism and crime. If guns lead to crime and therefore are limited in usage, and skateboards lead to crime, even though on a much lesser level, the usage of skateboards should also be limited. This is not to say that skateboarding should be outlawed, but if skateboards are causing damage, they cannot reasonably expect to be able to freely run amok on private and public property alike, nor should their activities lead to the degradation of the value of the immediate