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Originally Posted by AGDee
Which raises the question.. are people getting more stupid or do they just have an avenue to show the world just how stupid people really are?
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Avenue and copycats.
Christiangirl, this form of planking did not begin in America therefore the comparison to slavery is not based on Americans who plank. Also, as you know, slavery did not begin in the U.S. and The Middle Passage was not just about North Americans going to Africa and other continents to get slaves. And those slaves were sent to North America and other continents. Therefore, despite what textbooks and the mainstream has led people to believe, talking about slavery =/= talking about North America unless you are talking about what happened to slaves once they got to North America. This topic isn't about that.
These are examples of the plank exercise that I do regularly:
While some plankers look like they're doing the plank exercises, others do not. And I'm sure most plankers are just imitating other plankers; and those who may have been imitating slave ships would never admit to it in public. Either way, I don't agree with the slavery comparisons but I don't dismiss them as stupid or completely misdirected. A lot of things exist that I either disagree with or don't know about. Many things are just worth being aware of regardless of whether you agree or will lose sleep over them.