tunaplanet 0 #1 December 10, 2003 Maybe I am behind on the times, but I just found out something extremely disturbing. I spend a lot of time with children. I am a Big Brother and do what I can to help out him and his mother who is a widow. I picked him up from school today and he told me he had fun in PE today. I said, "What, did you get to nail a kid in dodgeball?" He looked up at me with this bewildered look on his face. "No, we aren't allowed to play dodgeball." I about lost control of my car. Apparantly, and I am sure all of you all know this already, dodgeball is not allowed in the schools (at least in Florida in the Tampa Bay Area). Are you serious? Do we really want our children going out into the real world completely pussified (yes, I think I just made that word up)? I was talking with some old friends about this and they thought I was nuts because I didn't know dodgeball was banned a while ago. This apparantly was a big deal. And it should have been. I am just shocked that they would take away something as traditional as dodgeball? Friends told me that one of the many reasons they gave was that it promotes violence. Give me a break. Anyone else in awe of this? Maybe everyone else is happy that it is banned. Maybe I'm just off the wagon here. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JRock 0 #2 December 10, 2003 Thank those bleeding heart liberals for this... Ha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 December 10, 2003 Don't feel too bad....I've heard some Little Leagues don't keep score in games so there is no loser. Idiots......all of them..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #4 December 10, 2003 Kids in the schools here still play it. Must be a Florida thing.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #5 December 10, 2003 One of our elective PE courses for a semester was called Combatives. It was ultra competetive, physical games. It was great. I make it a point to beat the hell out of my nephews playing some game or another every time I see them to make up for what they're missing. ---for those who are about to freak out. When I say beat the hell out of, I just mean rough house, knock down, tackle, throw in the air....ok, yeah, I mean beat the hell out of them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #6 December 10, 2003 Just read some online...it was banned around the nation in most counties. There are still some around the nation that allow it, but the majority do not. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #7 December 10, 2003 Ridiculous. Just ridiculous.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJatLarge 0 #8 December 10, 2003 I miss dodgeball!! I sish I could play it at work. Everyone that can, gets a ball ready, blow the whistle, and it's Newspeople splatting time!!!! Wow, I need a new job! (or some freefall time) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyyhi 0 #9 December 10, 2003 Okay, the pussification of the American male took place some time ago. As the mother of an 11 year old boy, let me 'splain. Someone (an idiot in my book - because I was a KILLER dodgeball player) decided it was TOO DANGEROUS for our children to play AND it promoted violence. So I taught the neighbor kids how to play greek dodge in the streets. . .not as fun as with a BIG CLASS but the kids loved it. I got into hot water with the other moms so I quit trying to organize this kind of stuff with the neighbor kids. So a few years later my kid takes up basketball. . .his coach tells me he is a little soft isn't he. . .at this point I decided it was time for the young man to go live with his father for some MASCULINITY training because it was obvious he wasn't getting it from me. He is doing much better now and is starting to act like a young man. . .I couldn't take a wuss for a kid because I was a tomboy and always did what the guys did. Anyway, as much as I like a sensitive guy, they better be a bit tough and masculine to go with the sensitivity. . .________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #10 December 10, 2003 I hope that poster was kidding about little league games not keeping score because they don't want a loser. Are you fucking serious? Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StearmanR985 0 #11 December 10, 2003 Nope, many schools here in Cali won't allow dodge ball either. And, my daughters softball program doesn't keep stats/score until 10 or above. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyyhi 0 #12 December 10, 2003 Oh yeah he was serious. . .when my son was playing little league, the minors did not keep score. . .too competitive. . . Rediculous. . .________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #13 December 10, 2003 QuoteEveryone that can, gets a ball ready, blow the whistle, and it's Newspeople splatting time!!!! You just reminded me of something cool about my job. Once every 3 months I get to go to work and beat up my co-workers. I even get to shoot them repeatedly with a sim(paintball) gun. I guess work ain't so bad..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #14 December 10, 2003 Wow, Skyyhi...that is simply amazing. Can we officially list these issues up there with the "What's wrong with America" list? Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #15 December 10, 2003 Is not only the pussification of males, is the pussification of SOCIETY. __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyyhi 0 #16 December 10, 2003 Oh ABSOLUTELY. . . I just got so fed up with trying to teach my son to be a man and fend off the neighbor kids' pussy parents. . .it was horrible. . . Oh, and for what it's worth. . .my son now knows how to use powertools and he thinks his mom is the coolest because she jumps out of airplanes and rides dirt bikes. . .lol________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #17 December 10, 2003 QuoteYou just reminded me of something cool about my job. Once every 3 months I get to go to work and beat up my co-workers. I even get to shoot them repeatedly with a sim(paintball) gun. I guess work ain't so bad..... I have to be more subtle and sabotage their computers. Wish I could kick some of their asses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #18 December 10, 2003 Quotehe thinks his mom is the coolest because she jumps out of airplanes and rides dirt bikes. . Tell me she baits her own hook and I'm SOLD!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #19 December 10, 2003 If she baits her own hook she's mine!!! Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyyhi 0 #20 December 10, 2003 Now now boys, no fighting. . .there is plenty to go around. . .lol Yep, I can bait a hook too. . .________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #21 December 10, 2003 They also convict 12 year old retarded boys as adults in Florida and put them in jail for the rest of their lives...........so the no kick ball makes sense. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #22 December 10, 2003 Before I was an a-hole lawyer, I was an a-hole kid. When we played dodgeball I did not aim center mass. Rather, I aimed right for the face. I can still picture Darren's bloody nose. Red welts were the order of the day. For most of us kids, the injuries were fine. I myself got clocked on a few occasions. Unfortunately, some parents were not particularly fond of certain forms of physical education. Physical education it truly was. The laws of inertia, gravity, and even thermodynamics (tempers burned) were fully demonstrated. The problems among the soccer moms and "Project Self Esteem" crowds were that in dodgeball, people got could lose and get hurt. This is unacceptable to many in the educational elite, since to lose might hurt someone's feelings. I like Phillykev's thingy. I'd love to see a PE class in combatives. Capture the flag. Rugby. Even something like a leadership reaction course. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #23 December 10, 2003 Quote.there is plenty to go around. Good Girl..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #24 December 11, 2003 dodgeball was banned at the school I used to teach at after three kids got broken noses. The problem with that game (and I LOVED to play it when I was a kid) is that some kids can be downright mean to other kids. What happens is the bully takes the opportunity to hurl the ball full force at another child's face, and you end up with broken bones. When the bully AND THEIR PARENTS are confronted the bully claims that they were "just playing the game... I was SUPPOSED to hit him with the ball!" and then the school gets sued by the parents of the injured child. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DALAILAMA 0 #25 December 11, 2003 Yeah! and they don't let you touch the strippers there either! did I say that with my outside voice???"Dropzone.com, where uneducated people measuring penises, has become an art form" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
