The Tire Slashing
The Tire Slashing case is about to get underway. It is a very misunderstood case.
Tires are dirty, they get no respect even though they carry the car along, and they do the grunt work too often ignored by society.
And of course, tires are black.
Isn't it a bit strange that, given all of the colors out there, tires are all uniformly black?
It is this notion, that the unsophisticated car part that cuts through the snow must be black, that these boys were rebelling against. Some in the blathering talk-radio community will try to link this to the election of course, but this action goes much deeper. It was a statement, a cry to society to stop looking at blacks like they are the tires of society.
Of course, none of this excuses the actions of these boys. If they looked a little deeper, they would have seen that the entire economy was based on the work of the tires. There are all kinds of tires. Farm tractors ride on enormous tires, Semi trucks carry our goods around the nation on tires, and even heroes like Lance Armstrong need their tires.
These boys were tired of being victims, but instead of embracing the tire, as they should of, they decided to kill it.
I don't agree with their interpretation, but I do understand it.
Maybe someday tires will come in as many colors as cars do. Then, incidents like this will finally be a thing of the past.
Tires are dirty, they get no respect even though they carry the car along, and they do the grunt work too often ignored by society.
And of course, tires are black.
Isn't it a bit strange that, given all of the colors out there, tires are all uniformly black?
It is this notion, that the unsophisticated car part that cuts through the snow must be black, that these boys were rebelling against. Some in the blathering talk-radio community will try to link this to the election of course, but this action goes much deeper. It was a statement, a cry to society to stop looking at blacks like they are the tires of society.
Of course, none of this excuses the actions of these boys. If they looked a little deeper, they would have seen that the entire economy was based on the work of the tires. There are all kinds of tires. Farm tractors ride on enormous tires, Semi trucks carry our goods around the nation on tires, and even heroes like Lance Armstrong need their tires.
These boys were tired of being victims, but instead of embracing the tire, as they should of, they decided to kill it.
I don't agree with their interpretation, but I do understand it.
Maybe someday tires will come in as many colors as cars do. Then, incidents like this will finally be a thing of the past.
posted by Eujean Kain at 12:26 PM
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