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OLYMPIA – Dwarf tossing and similar staged activities were denounced Thursday as discriminatory, dehumanizing and dangerous, even to dwarfs who aren’t participating in those events.

“Dwarf tossing exists because people find it fun to toss someone smaller than them,” Robert Eagle, a Spokane medical student who has dwarfism, told the Senate Law and Justice Committee. “We’re not items of public amusement.”

But an attorney representing a company that promotes such events argued a proposed ban is so broadly written it could have “a chilling effect” on business.

“Life is not without risks,” Paul Boudreau said. “Not every viral video requires a legislative edict.”................

Boudreau countered that people who participate in wrestling and other events staged by his client, Center Stage Entertainment, choose to do so, and outlawing all recreational activity that has the potential for injury would have “a chilling event on anything that involves dwarfs.” Laws already exist that cover assault that dwarf tossing is alleged by critics to incite, he said.

“One person’s exploitation could be another person’s willing consent,” Boudreau said.

Padden said he has “a conservative, libertarian streak” and could see arguments on both sides of the argument. But he read a letter from a mother in his district whose son has dwarfism and wants to grow up to be an architect or engineer, not “a mythical creature, an object of entertainment.” The state wouldn’t allow similar events featuring other minority groups, such as people who are black, have Down syndrome or are lesbian, she wrote.

kalm wrote:

OLYMPIA – Dwarf tossing and similar staged activities were denounced Thursday as discriminatory, dehumanizing and dangerous, even to dwarfs who aren’t participating in those events.

Ivytalk wrote:Dwarfs tossing other dwarfs. I’d pay to see that!

kalm wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:Dwarfs tossing other dwarfs. I’d pay to see that!

You sick ****!

kalm wrote:This could be the campaign question of 2020......

If a dwarf (or any minority) wants to be tossed what gives government the right to say no?

Dwarfs who are getting tossed are being exploited

A ban on dwarf tossing kills jobs and lets the terrorists win.

CAA Flagship wrote:

kalm wrote:This could be the campaign question of 2020......

If a dwarf (or any minority) wants to be tossed what gives government the right to say no?

Dwarfs who are getting tossed are being exploited

A ban on dwarf tossing kills jobs and lets the terrorists win.

This is the same argument as porn, a.k.a. the exploitation of wimin.

kalm wrote:If you remove dwarf tossing from legal establishments, only criminals will be tossing dwarfs...or something like that.

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:If you remove dwarf tossing from legal establishments, only criminals will be tossing dwarfs...or something like that.

Or it will only be done in back alleys where people could lose their lives... or something like that.

Ivytalk wrote:Dwarfs tossing other dwarfs. I’d pay to see that!

ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:Dwarfs tossing other dwarfs. I’d pay to see that!

Tickets are half price...........

JohnStOnge wrote:Obviously, if someone wants to toss a dwarf and it's fine with the dwarf it should be legal.

kalm wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:Dwarfs tossing other dwarfs. I’d pay to see that!

You sick ****!

Ivytalk wrote:

kalm wrote:
You sick ****!

Vince McMahon thought of it first!

css75 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: Vince McMahon thought of it first!

It was around long before McMahon.


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ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:Dwarfs tossing other dwarfs. I’d pay to see that!

Tickets are half price...........