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I'm not a fan of "planking", but from my point of view I see it as just a bit of fun. It's just people lying down in funny situations that you wouldn't expect. It's humour, not everyone's cup of tea, but it's humour. But the thing is it's like anything in life that people do, there is always going to be some idiot who takes it too far and ends up getting hurt, or in the extreme case we have seen, killed. But it doesn't mean everyone who does "planking" is going to do the same or are just as stupid.
Unfortunatley however it seems the media beatup has done it's job and people now seem to have this idea in their head that "planking" equals lying down in extremely dangerous situations period. Therefore anyone who does it is automatically judged an idiot. Charming. But that's the job of the media, highlight the extreme minority for the sake of a good story. And how fortudious that it originated from the Internet, because we all know nothing good ever comes from the Internet.
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