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Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:35 pm
by dbackjon
About over pussification of America, and PC...
Pinatas: A Bad Idea for Your Child's Party?
A blindfolded child is let up to some poor helpless papier-mâché animal hanging off a tree by a string. They have a stick or a bat in their hand, and they proceed to whack the animal with all their might.
Other children are cheering on the fight. When the piñata is broken open, candy spills out. Everyone rushes to grab as much candy as they can. It's every kid for them self.
Doesn't sound like such a good party game when it's put like that, huh?
Piñatas are not a good idea for your child's party. Children should never hit anything with a stick. Even worse, kids can get piñatas in their favorite character too. Doesn't anyone slightly cringe at the thought of their child whacking Dora the Explorer or Elmo around with a baseball bat? What is that doing for a child's character? Getting a flower or car piñata is only slightly less worse.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... tml?cat=25" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It will take a strong stomach to read the rest of this article.
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:56 pm
by AZGrizFan
I won't bother. Glad to see you onboard, finally. Better lae than never.
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:47 am
by JoltinJoe
We don't give kids enough credit.
When I was a kid, I used to watch Woody Woodpecker give a stick of dynamite, lit, to his nemesis. I knew it was a joke.
Kids today grew up watching Barney or other similarly bland entertainment -- and yet we have to worry about them bringing weapons to school and taking hostages. This never happened when I was in high school.
Did anyone ever really connect "violence" in cartoons, or whacking pinatas, to violence in later life?
Just saying.
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:36 am
by citdog
Y'all have fun this morning with your children hunting all of those "Spring Spheres".

PC robot fckstains
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:44 am
by Ivytalk
JoltinJoe wrote:We don't give kids enough credit.
When I was a kid, I used to watch Woody Woodpecker give a stick of dynamite, lit, to his nemesis. I knew it was a joke.
Kids today grew up watching Barney or other similarly bland entertainment -- and yet we have to worry about them bringing weapons to school and taking hostages. This never happened when I was in high school.
Did anyone ever really connect "violence" in cartoons, or whacking pinatas, to violence in later life?
Just saying.
And Wile E. Coyote kept coming back for more, despite all those Acme anvils falling on him!

Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:55 am
by kalm
Bill Maher's " feminization of America".

Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:09 am
by BlueHen86
dbackjon wrote:About over pussification of America, and PC...
Pinatas: A Bad Idea for Your Child's Party?
A blindfolded child is let up to some poor helpless papier-mâché animal hanging off a tree by a string. They have a stick or a bat in their hand, and they proceed to whack the animal with all their might.
Other children are cheering on the fight. When the piñata is broken open, candy spills out. Everyone rushes to grab as much candy as they can. It's every kid for them self.
Doesn't sound like such a good party game when it's put like that, huh?
Piñatas are not a good idea for your child's party.
Children should never hit anything with a stick. Even worse, kids can get piñatas in their favorite character too. Doesn't anyone slightly cringe at the thought of their child whacking Dora the Explorer or Elmo around with a baseball bat? What is that doing for a child's character? Getting a flower or car piñata is only slightly less worse.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... tml?cat=25" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It will take a strong stomach to read the rest of this article.
I guess hockey and baseball are bad for kids too.
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:14 am
by JoltinJoe
Ivytalk wrote:JoltinJoe wrote:We don't give kids enough credit.
When I was a kid, I used to watch Woody Woodpecker give a stick of dynamite, lit, to his nemesis. I knew it was a joke.
Kids today grew up watching Barney or other similarly bland entertainment -- and yet we have to worry about them bringing weapons to school and taking hostages. This never happened when I was in high school.
Did anyone ever really connect "violence" in cartoons, or whacking pinatas, to violence in later life?
Just saying.
And Wile E. Coyote kept coming back for more, despite all those Acme anvils falling on him!

http://www.hopkinslawfirm.com/coyote_v_acme.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:35 am
by Skjellyfetti
i hit the shit out of things with sticks when i was a kid and i'm better off for it.
and the chick that wrote this needs to upgrade to a berka to hide her ugly ass face better.

Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:26 pm
by Ivytalk
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:56 pm
by ∞∞∞
Every generation has said this about the next generation.
"In my day, kids used to hunt mammoths."
"In my day, kids used to walk the desert for 40 days."
"In my day, kids used to fight in coliseums."
"In my day, kids used to fend off crusaders."
"In my day, kids used to cross the Atlantic."
"In my day, kids used to be part of Revolutions."
"In my day, kids were laying down railroad tracks."
"In my day, kids were working the steel mills."
"In my day, kids were shooting Nazis."
"In my day, kids were dying in protests."
"In my day, kids played physical sports."
And yet here we are, young people still fighting wars, hunting, advancing technology, playing sports, and etc.
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:57 pm
by travelinman67
"The force of this impact then caused the springs to rebound, whereupon Mr. Coyote was thrust skyward. A second recoil and collision followed. The boulder, meanwhile, which was roughly ovoid in shape, had begun to bounce down a hillside, the coiling and recoiling of the springs adding to its velocity. At each bounce, Mr. Coyote came into contact with the boulder, or the boulder came into contact with Mr. Coyote, or both came into contact with the ground. As the grade was a long one, this process continued for some time."
Holy fuck, that's a riot!
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:06 pm
by griz37
I will lead the crusade against sticks. W/o them pinatas can live free of fear. Who is with me? Citdog? I know how much you dislike bundles of sticks!
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:47 am
by FargoBison
griz37 wrote:I will lead the crusade against sticks. W/o them pinatas can live free of fear. Who is with me? Citdog? I know how much you dislike bundles of sticks!
JBB might join you, he is pretty much this board's virtual pinata.
Re: Alphie,Z,Cit, et al - U R RIGHT
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:51 am
by houndawg
FargoBison wrote:griz37 wrote:I will lead the crusade against sticks. W/o them pinatas can live free of fear. Who is with me? Citdog? I know how much you dislike bundles of sticks!
JBB might join you, he is pretty much this board's virtual pinata.

Multi sunt vocati, pauci vero electi
he may be a dumb squat, but, by god, he's
our dumb squat!