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[evolve] into cyberspace [or die.]
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Mayan Freedom
A practical example of limits to freedom has recently passed across the
desktop of my life. The phenomena is simply that skateboarding along the
San Fransisco Embarcadero, north of the Ferry Building, is no longer
allowed. Every skate along the Embarcadero, whether midday Wednesday or
Midnight Rolling on Friday, i was overcome with apprehension cruising past
these kids. The fiercely male adolescent behaviour of jumping over, onto
and into very large concrete and glass structures is not what frightens me.
Rather, "getting" hurt by flying skateboards striking me down is my
personal weakness. But i miss these kids now, and when i chance to see one
--and they are relegated to traveling solo because of these new
restrictions--i now feel apprehension not for myself anymore, but for the
defeated youth: the disenfranchised and forgotten victors of any battle for
freedom that "adults" might wage.
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Is freedom gonna win?
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