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what i'm saying is if forrest's "bad" attitude matters so much as to why you
practically refuse to acknowledge his performance in the competition, then
treat the industry like one in a million and people like peabody and sean
shouldn't get awarded either.
you can't say its arbitrary that they are asshole because they rip potrero
and then turn around and say forrest didn't deserve to win because
he was an asshole. it doesn't make any sense.
Again, I didn't say those dudes deserve anything, I'm not sure what their assholeness would be arbitrary in relation to.
come on man. don't play semantics with me. you're smarter than that.
i can pull example after example until i move away from my original
point which will lead to you attacking all of the arguments that are only
presented as support. why don't we skip that whole ordeal?
the fact of the matter is you and everyone else knows that there are
people with bad attitudes who have achieved some level of recognition,
success, notoriety, etc... forrest isn't the first and certainly won't be the last.
the reason i bring any of this up is because its ridiculous to say he didn't
deserve to win a contest which is judged or actually SHOULD HAVE been
judged based on his skateboarding.
you aren't going to make a thread about some dudes skating potrero,
whose title basically suggested anyone who watches it should cower
in the shadow of their ability, yet exclude the fact that they can
be scumbags who think because of their skating they are entitled
to some kind of proverbial throne which happens to placed on top of the
hill at potrero.
i don't want to go on arguing this forever because it can easily go that route
but for someone who has lived in san francisco or california and seen first
hand people in the industry, you of all people should know that a person's
attitude doesn't always matter. if anything it rarely matters.
skaters can be completely fucking full of themselves and have an army of followers.
prime example: your thread dedicated to the guys skating potrero.
don't attack some random fucking dude in a contest when there are way worse
perpetrators of the "bad attitude" approach. its just petty.
the kid rips, end of story. if his attitude is so bad then he wont make anything happen
and that will be the end of it but does it mean he didn't deserve to win the contest.
in my very very very humble opinion (which i reserved for weeks) absolutely not.