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Redrum_69 · 10-18-2006, 09:59 AM

The pussification of America continues........

School bans tag, other chase games

ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts (AP) -- Tag, you're out!

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.

Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban.

While there is no districtwide ban on contact sports during recess, local rules have been cropping up. Several school administrators around Attleboro, a city of about 45,000 residents, took aim at dodgeball a few years ago, saying it was exclusionary and dangerous.

Elementary schools in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Spokane, Washington, also recently banned tag during recess. A suburban Charleston, South Carolina, school outlawed all unsupervised contact sports.

"I think that it's unfortunate that kids' lives are micromanaged and there are social skills they'll never develop on their own," said Debbie Laferriere, who has two children at Willett, about 40 miles south of Boston. "Playing tag is just part of being a kid."

Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html

Simply Red · 10-18-2006, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Those of you who are complaining need to re-read this paragraph. There were near collisions!

THATS IT!

REP

Logical · 10-18-2006, 08:39 PM

I seem to recall tag as the girls game. Guys were killin each other in War and gasp Cowboys and Indians.

Halfcan · 10-18-2006, 10:09 PM

Dodgeball is dangerous?? This is just stoopid-we used to have fistfights everyday on the playground. You either learned to fight or learned to be a punching bag.

**alanm** · 10-19-2006, 03:02 AM

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Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said.

This kid is already fucked for life.

**alanm** · 10-19-2006, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

Reason #277 I send my kids to private schools.

That, and the public education in AZ is so bad that today's Arizona Republic headline was "Arizona is Dumbest State in the U.S."

I'm not making that up, a recent study said so.

I bet Mississippi is pissed.

**007** · 10-19-2006, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by alanm

This kid is already fucked for life.

Lucky kid.

**alanm** · 10-19-2006, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Logical

I seem to recall tag as the girls game. Guys were killin each other in War and gasp Cowboys and Indians.

We used to play brutal Red Rover games. Clothes linings and near decapitations were common.

**007** · 10-19-2006, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Logical

I seem to recall tag as the girls game. Guys were killin each other in War and gasp Cowboys and Indians.

War, Bombardment, Cowboys and Indians, Cops and Robbers.....

We knew how to have fun.

**alanm** · 10-19-2006, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kcchiefsguru

Lucky kid.

Nah.. This kid will end up like the guy in the Old Spice High Endurance commercial. Eating salad on the couch wearing a sweater with his balls in his wifes purse.

**007** · 10-19-2006, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by alanm

Nah.. This kid will end up like the guy in the Old Spice High Endurance commercial. Eating salad on the couch wearing a sweater with his balls in his wifes purse.

Chief Henry · 10-19-2006, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by alanm

We used to play brutal Red Rover games. Clothes linings and near decapitations were common.

Oh Hell ya, that and the greatest game of all "Smear the Queer".

NewChief · 10-19-2006, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by alanm

We used to play brutal Red Rover games. Clothes linings and near decapitations were common.

I can't even remember the name of the game we used to play, but it was our favorite after Scout troop meetings. Basically you played on a "field" with everyone lined up on one side of the field. One person was "it" and in the middle. He'd shout go and everyone had to run to the other side of the field. The guy in the middle had to tackle someone when they ran. That person was then in the middle as well as the original person. They'd shout go, and everyone would run to the other side of the field, at which point the two people in the middle would try to tackle one or two people. Those people would then also join the group in the middle. Eventually everyone would be in the middle, and there'd be one poor chump trying to evade them all, of course that chump was usually the biggest dude who had been saved for last. The real fun was that we played with ages from 11 to about 16, so it was hilarious to see about five 11 year olds trying to drag down the one 16 year old while he drug them across the field.

**noa** · 10-19-2006, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by 4th and Long

At least they didn't do the FAA thing and call it a near miss. Don't you just hate that? Isn't a near miss, in reality, an actual hit?

George Carlin, is that you?

**Rain Man** · 10-19-2006, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by CHENZ A!

Dodgeball(we called it bobardment) in school was the shit. Only the head was off limits. I used to love nailing the nerdy or unathletic kids that tried to hide in the back.

In 9th grade, we played bombardment all the time, and it is the only sport that can come close to football for the sheer joy of playing.

But anyway, the single greatest bombardment throw I ever saw was aimed at this poor skinny special ed kid named Duane who was cowering near the back wall. Some hard-throwing guy threw at him (not out of meanness, but just to get him out), and the ball missed. However - and I swear this is true - the ball bounced off the wall and nailed the kid in the back of the head since he was only a couple of feet from the wall. It then bounced off his head, back into the wall, and then miraculously hit him in the head a second time. Two head shots in one throw on the same person - it drew a standing ovation.

**Rain Man** · 10-19-2006, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by NewChief

I can't even remember the name of the game we used to play, but it was our favorite after Scout troop meetings. Basically you played on a "field" with everyone lined up on one side of the field. One person was "it" and in the middle. He'd shout go and everyone had to run to the other side of the field. The guy in the middle had to tackle someone when they ran. That person was then in the middle as well as the original person. They'd shout go, and everyone would run to the other side of the field, at which point the two people in the middle would try to tackle one or two people. Those people would then also join the group in the middle. Eventually everyone would be in the middle, and there'd be one poor chump trying to evade them all, of course that chump was usually the biggest dude who had been saved for last. The real fun was that we played with ages from 11 to about 16, so it was hilarious to see about five 11 year olds trying to drag down the one 16 year old while he drug them across the field.

Can someone at Chiefsplanet arrange a game of this the next time I'm in Kansas City? I want to play.

10-18-2006, 09:59 AM
Redrum_69 Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: your nightmares Casino cash: $10004900	Just when I thought I had seen it all......this tops it... The pussification of America continues........ School bans tag, other chase games ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts (AP) -- Tag, you're out! Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable. Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban. While there is no districtwide ban on contact sports during recess, local rules have been cropping up. Several school administrators around Attleboro, a city of about 45,000 residents, took aim at dodgeball a few years ago, saying it was exclusionary and dangerous. Elementary schools in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Spokane, Washington, also recently banned tag during recess. A suburban Charleston, South Carolina, school outlawed all unsupervised contact sports. "I think that it's unfortunate that kids' lives are micromanaged and there are social skills they'll never develop on their own," said Debbie Laferriere, who has two children at Willett, about 40 miles south of Boston. "Playing tag is just part of being a kid." Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html
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Logical Screw U if U can't take a joke Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $10004900	I seem to recall tag as the girls game. Guys were killin each other in War and gasp Cowboys and Indians.
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Halfcan In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2005 Casino cash: $7327995	Dodgeball is dangerous?? This is just stoopid-we used to have fistfights everyday on the playground. You either learned to fight or learned to be a punching bag.
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