Skating Fans Will Take Issues to the Street

[victorskid]

An article appeared in today's Washington Post about the SkateFAIR group that has sprung up in the past week following :
Post article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57633-2003Jan28.html)

There should be a website up within days to provide more information about the group and its principles.

[shopper]

what a great idea... now the question is , will speedy even show up???????

[Emilieanne]

And risk getting arrested and held as a material witness in the "mobster" trial? That sure would be a good one!:lol: :lol: :lol:

[IgglesII]

Better question - will anyone show if the US decides to go to war before then?

[meli]

Iggles--they showed up in 1991. Why not now?

[IgglesII]

Why not now - because if one has just declared war on another country, one should consider it reasonable that the country being attacked will attempt to find a way to fight back.

A target they may have in mind would be the capital city of the attacking country.

Might just be me, but if we decide to attack a country suspected of having biological, chemical or nuclear weapons, the last place I myself will be during the "war" is Washington, DC.

[meli]

Iggles--yeah, but you're assuming this is different than in 91. It's NO different. The event will still be held and people will still show up.

[IgglesII]

Worlds in 1991 wasn't held in DC. That is the difference I'm looking at here.

[margbutter]

I don't think terrorists would attack a figure skating competition. Maybe a hockey or baseball event but skating just isn't high profile enough.

[dbell]

Maybe it's my lack of sleep, but I was worried this topic was about a street fight between rival camps of fans!! 8O :lol:

[meli]

LOL!!

Yeah, I can see that: two rival skate gangs, the Blades and the Boots. *cue West Side Story music here*

[Ellyn]

Originally posted by margbutter
I don't think terrorists would attack a figure skating competition. Maybe a hockey or baseball event but skating just isn't high profile enough.

Terrorists would not attack a figure skating competition; that is not what Iggles is referring to.

If anyone should attack the White House or the U.S. Capitol (do you agree that those are indeed potential targets in a war?) with the kind of weapons Iggles mentions, the MCI Center, which is probably less than a mile from either of those locations, would not be a safe place to be.

I live in DC, I'm not going to pick up and move to a different city just because there might be a war and there's a slim chance that the city might be attacked. But I can understand that if events develop so that that chance becomes less than slim, skaters (and their parents) and skating officials might not consider a skating competition a good enough reason to go to a potential target city. There's a reason why Skate Israel has been canceled the last two years.

[dbell]

Meli - just for you:

(to the tune of "Tonight")

"Sasha's going to get her kicks/skids/spirals tonight
She'll beat the other chicks tonight
There won't be any stumbles tonight
The golden girls will fumble tonight
Tonight" ;)

[loveskating]

Originally posted by dbell
Maybe it's my lack of sleep, but I was worried this topic was about a street fight between rival camps of fans!! 8O :lol:

Well, in one sense, it truly is...just perhaps on an international scale?

[Yazmeen]

Oh good grief, now you have my old "skit night" brain cells turned on...

"When you're a Blade, you're a Blade all the way...
From your first outside edge to your triples today..."

Anybody for "SkateSide Story?"

[terisalyn]

"When you're a Blade, let 'em do what they can,
Little boy, you've got quads, you're a gold medal man!"

:lol: