I must apologize, the following blog is going to be extremely boring. Please don't read it.
In his essay, ""Half Criminals" or Urban Athletes? A Plea for Fair Treatment of Skateboarders" by David Langley, the author uses some rather shaky evidence to support his thesis. While I agree totally with what he's advocating, and his essay was very well crafted, he uses evidence that is not as solid as it could be. He gives two examples of police officers making *unfair* judgement calls based off of their own interpretation of skateboarding law. However, these two incidents may unfairly represent the general consent of police officers across the US. He also mentions one of the skateparks in Seattle, although it turns out that there are over 100 skateparks in and around Seattle. What about the other parks? He mentions that the park is dangerous due to its poor design, but he never cites any statistics or data that supports this. Langley also mentions how the skateboarders are good for the environment, but he doesn't give any data to back this up, either. Overall, this essay appears to be more of a transcription of a casual conversation between Langley and one of his friends than a persuasive essay. F+
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