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Old 08-30-2007, 05:44 PM   #1
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I just heard on the radio news that some idiot Colorado school principal has banned 'tag'. It leads to bullying. The kids can still run, but they can't chase each other.

Where does this kind of BS stop?
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Old 08-30-2007, 05:52 PM   #2
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Oh you know, we're obviously incapable of thinking for ourselves, so *someone* has to protect us! We of little intellect and capacity for growth.....

Ridiculous.....
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Old 08-30-2007, 06:59 PM   #3
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lmao this is prob. a joke
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Old 08-30-2007, 07:55 PM   #4
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I really wish it were. It's an indication of how much people want to control what other people think, and do.
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Old 08-30-2007, 08:19 PM   #5
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lmao this is prob. a joke
Unfortunately, it isn't...
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Old 08-30-2007, 08:57 PM   #6
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I'm about to go out on a limb here, and probably will attract the ire of many.
It's women. Plain & simple. Women (soccer moms, etc.) have brought the U.S. into jelly-like complacency.
"Oh NO! little Johnny might get HURT!" The more comfortable we become as a nation, the more the women want to protect us from ourselves. I mean, I know testosterone is a TERRIBLE thing (lol), but apparently we men can't do ANYTHING without hurting someone's FEELINGS or making them feel alienated. So, it is up to the womb-bearers to save us. I could get highly philosophical on this, going back to the beginning of time, but I'll spare us the litany & wait to see how badly I get crushed for this post.

Edit: wait! truly it is the MENs fault, for needing to get laid soooooo bad that they will give such arguments credence & actually think that they are doing mankind a service. No-backbone-having wussies! Come on, it's not LOVE, it's just vagina!
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Old 08-30-2007, 09:12 PM   #7
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I don't think this is a phenomenon that affect only women, and I don't think it's just politically correctness, it's broader than that.

It really seem to me about control and people being scared; of getting hurt either physically or emotionally, or more and more these days of other people's opinions of them. I see this current case as more about people being afraid of human contact than of bullying. OMG! people touch each others while playing tag, that's not proper in our society! Kindly run alone and keep a reasonable distance from anyone else, least they get uncomfortable.

It seem to me the ideal society these days is a society where everyone wear the same bland clothing, only say pre-approved things, of going to work at your appointed job, eating alone, then going back home in your suburban home. People are afraid of uncontrolled environments. Everything has to be controlled, standardized, pre-approved, and with as little meaningful human contact as possible as we haven't found a good way to control that yet.

That's what political correctness is about, controlling human interaction. It's not proper to touch people, it's not proper to do or say certain things. It's not proper to dress in certain ways. Control, norms.
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Old 08-30-2007, 09:47 PM   #8
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Yeah maybe so, Luvian.......

but that is SOOOOOOO wrong! It defeats everything that being a human is about.........

( I think the women started it though...... they're the ones with FEELINGS about ridiculous stuff.....like getting your feelings hurt....)

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Old 08-30-2007, 09:55 PM   #9
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Next thing you know they'll cancel sports for fear of emasculating those who are unathletic.

Personally I don't think Women have anything to do with it. Just a general coalition of pansies who made their way into power at some point or another.

Speaking of which, what's with all the 99.9% antibacterial soaps out there? Believe it or not there is such a thing as too clean. Not enough dirt and bacteria and your immune system has nothing to work with. Next common cold lands you in the hospital.
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Old 08-30-2007, 10:12 PM   #10
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I myself hated "musical chairs" as a kid. It's like a bully game where all the bigger people win basically no matter how fast you are. Down with Musical Chairs!
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