Conundrum wrote:
Flagpole wrote:
Agreed.
And boxing is more dangerous than either, but I don't see the relevance.
The failure there is yours.
Elementary school kids play dodgeball and Red Rover in gym class and on the playground. Elementary school kids are not told to box each other in gym class.
Gym teachers are facist homos.
Flagpole wrote:
Conundrum wrote:
And boxing is more dangerous than either, but I don't see the relevance.
The failure there is yours.
Elementary school kids play dodgeball and Red Rover in gym class and on the playground. Elementary school kids are not told to box each other in gym class.
Point taken, however in the discussion of whether an activity is dangerous and should or should not be done, it really doesn't add to the discussion to name another activity that might be more dangerous.
Red Rover's risk level, has no bearing on whether dodgeball should or should not be played.
(fun to be back)
Experiencing a little bullying in life helps to build compassion, empathy and ultimately a backbone. That said, I'd knock the living $hit out of my kids if I ever caught one of them bullying someone.
masdjf wrote:
Experiencing a little bullying in life helps to build compassion, empathy and ultimately a backbone. That said, I'd knock the living $hit out of my kids if I ever caught one of them bullying someone.
But if they were bullied, you would see some good coming out of that.
masdjf wrote:
That said, I'd knock the living $hit out of my kids if I ever caught one of them bullying someone.
Your style of parenting is exactly what turns kids into bullies.
masdjf wrote:
Experiencing a little bullying in life helps to build compassion, empathy and ultimately a backbone. That said, I'd knock the living $hit out of my kids if I ever caught one of them bullying someone.
If my kid was bullying I'd be so mad I'd force them to play me dodgeball. If they bullied again, we would play Red Rover, if again they bullied we would be boxing next.
And if none of that worked, we would be running marathons.
Canada is a vagina society.
BernieSandals wrote:
Flagpole wrote:
Agreed.
I made a girl cry playing dodgeball in the gym at P.S. 86 in New York in 1951.
OK. Confession time .... I hit a girl (not that it mattered that it was a girl or a boy) in the arm so hard (the old red dodgeballs) the next day she came in wearing a cast - her arm had a fracture. She was a good player and you had to wing it to have a shot at getting her out. She didn't cry though - tough girl. Elementary school, 5th grade. I guess that's why they don't want 'em playing that game anymore.
7th grade, my buddy lit up a poor malnourished girl in the arm as it was pinned against the wall. Everyone in the gym immediately knew it had shattered. 40 years later and he still feels awful about it.
The Riot wrote:
Another sign of the apocalypse and the pussification of subsequent generations. I just can’t imagine these kids landing on Normandy or Iwo Jima like my dad did.
In principle I agree. But I can assure you most men who landed on Normandy and Iwo Jima did not want to be there. They were pushed off the boat. Some literally and some figuratively. Do a quick search of how many soldiers had panic attacks and started crying their eyes out the moments before they landed on the beach. Sorry to burst your bubble but "the greatest generation" was just as sissy as those today. The difference was today we have the internet and media to make it look worse than it really is.
Anyone remember butt's up? The good 'ol days.