New York is deciding what games can be played at camp....

Tip the Bottle · Post by **Tip the Bottle** » 19 Apr 2011, 17:17

The wonderful state of New York is in deep debate over what games are tame enough for children to play at camp. After successfully eliminating that insidious game called Dodgeball, you know the game where you throw a ball at another child in an attempt to remove that childes head, these wonderful people are looking to get at Kick-ball, freeze-tag and wiffle ball.

I applaud these amazingly caring people for stifling Darwinism at it's root.

Truth be told it's rather embarrassing that these mouth breathers have forgotten what it's like to play as a child.

How do you build strong children? Eliminate any form of competition from their lives. Maybe this would be a good thing if they improved their math and science skills but no instead the future of the United States will be that of fat kids who can't fight, have no pride, can't add or form a hypothesis. I'm betting the people who decide this crap sucked at being a child.

BookWorm617 · Post by **BookWorm617** » 19 Apr 2011, 18:02

LOL I just saw this on the news. Why don't we just have the kids sit on the ground and stare at each other. That sounds safe enough.

GotThatSwing · Post by **GotThatSwing** » 19 Apr 2011, 18:58

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 19 Apr 2011, 19:33

Just another way the goverment wants to control our lives.

Maud Fitch · Post by **Maud Fitch** » 19 Apr 2011, 20:12

The sad thing is that most US legislature has a knock-on effect and quite often it turns up in other countries. Look at public liability laws and how people sue someone else for their own negligence. In Australia people used to shrug their shoulders but now they are running to the nearest lawyer. Duty Of Care almost means encasing everything in bubble wrap so you don't get the pants sued off you!

TornUpReaper · Post by **TornUpReaper** » 19 Apr 2011, 20:17

Tip the Bottle wrote:The wonderful state of New York is in deep debate over what games are tame enough for children to play at camp. After successfully eliminating that insidious game called Dodgeball, you know the game where you throw a ball at another child in an attempt to remove that childes head, these wonderful people are looking to get at Kick-ball, freeze-tag and wiffle ball.

I applaud these amazingly caring people for stifling Darwinism at it's root.

Truth be told it's rather embarrassing that these mouth breathers have forgotten what it's like to play as a child.

How do you build strong children? Eliminate any form of competition from their lives. Maybe this would be a good thing if they improved their math and science skills but no instead the future of the United States will be that of fat kids who can't fight, have no pride, can't add or form a hypothesis. I'm betting the people who decide this crap sucked at being a child.

Anyone an American Dad fan here? This reminds me of the episode where Stan goes to pick up his son Steve at school and finds them playing a tickling game in gym class where everyone wins instead of dodgeball, and so Stan gets mad and tries to turn his son and his friends into men by making them work. God, I love that show.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 19 Apr 2011, 20:19

You got that right. In the states if you catch someone breaking into your house, and you beat the crap out of him he can turn around and sue you and win in a lot of cases.

GotThatSwing · Post by **GotThatSwing** » 20 Apr 2011, 05:04

That reminds me how our politics from the conservative party were discussing once to forbid emitting Teletubbies because one of them - a male, has a bag which is gay...

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 20 Apr 2011, 05:21

Maud Fitch wrote:The sad thing is that most US legislature has a knock-on effect and quite often it turns up in other countries. Look at public liability laws and how people sue someone else for their own negligence. In Australia people used to shrug their shoulders but now they are running to the nearest lawyer. Duty Of Care almost means encasing everything in bubble wrap so you don't get the pants sued off you!

You are absolutely right Maud ... same attitude has filtered to Ireland too. I was recently told that they are so scared of lawsuits at the world famous Cliffs of Moher that if you break a nail there they send for the ambulance (and this is not a joke!)
I recently purchased an Iron & it has a note in RED attached to draw my attention to the fact that it gets HOT when in use ... I never would have guessed. Makes you wonder how we made it out of the caves at all doesn't it?

Tip the Bottle · Post by **Tip the Bottle** » 21 Apr 2011, 08:49

Fran wrote:
You are absolutely right Maud ... same attitude has filtered to Ireland too. I was recently told that they are so scared of lawsuits at the world famous Cliffs of Moher that if you break a nail there they send for the ambulance (and this is not a joke!)
I recently purchased an Iron & it has a note in RED attached to draw my attention to the fact that it gets HOT when in use ... I never would have guessed. Makes you wonder how we made it out of the caves at all doesn't it?

Wait, is this true? Iron's get hot when plugged in? That totally explains the third degree burns. Next they'll be telling us we should iron our clothes when we're not wearing them. Tis' odd times we live in.