Moronic Safety Nets!
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/58699?utm_source=onion_rss_daily
I think it's a bad sign that for half of that article I couldn't decide whether they were being serious or not!
"But by encouraging your kids to think linearly and literally, and constantly reminding them they can never be anything but human children with no extraordinary characteristics, you can better ensure that they will lead prolonged lives."
And that's not quite how it's usually put, but it's an oft repeated sentiment when it comes to safety and school. Although the surface sentiment is always "your special/unique..." or "you can do anything..." with undertones of "you want to do what? well that won't work" if you come up with an idea outside of what they were expecting. (not true of everyone but of a lot of people)
Kids are supposed to jump up and down, run around and get scrapes and cuts and bruises! In fact those scrapes actually help the growing process!
But more and more its "don't do that you could get hurt" Baah! "could" get over it and move on life happens to everyone!
Baah! What's the point of life if you don't live a little!
Life isn't forever anyways... and quite honestly living longer by not doing things just seems moronic to me. Someone who actually does stuff will, even if they do not live as many years, actually experience a great deal more actual life!
And preventing children from playing games is just ridiculous! Banning tag? because someone could get hurt? What?!? Morons! That's all I have to say... I've played far, far more dangerous games and survived unscathed. Stifling a child's life in order to "protect" them from themselves is stupid, irresponsible... moronic! Yes, let's not let them learn how to function and move because it's all about not ever experiencing pain. Pain isn't always bad... you learn from it... it's part of life... bah!
....and before I go off on a huge long rant (I have strong feelings on this subject) I'll leave off there and actually go to bed like I meant to... and perhaps pick it up again when it isn't almost 1:00am
...also, why isn't my webpage working! and why can't I find any of my directories.... if the university lost my files I shall be quite angry, and sad I just spent a long time revamping them and hadn't backed them up yet because I wasn't quite finished! >:(
I think it's a bad sign that for half of that article I couldn't decide whether they were being serious or not!
"But by encouraging your kids to think linearly and literally, and constantly reminding them they can never be anything but human children with no extraordinary characteristics, you can better ensure that they will lead prolonged lives."
And that's not quite how it's usually put, but it's an oft repeated sentiment when it comes to safety and school. Although the surface sentiment is always "your special/unique..." or "you can do anything..." with undertones of "you want to do what? well that won't work" if you come up with an idea outside of what they were expecting. (not true of everyone but of a lot of people)
Kids are supposed to jump up and down, run around and get scrapes and cuts and bruises! In fact those scrapes actually help the growing process!
But more and more its "don't do that you could get hurt" Baah! "could" get over it and move on life happens to everyone!
Baah! What's the point of life if you don't live a little!
Life isn't forever anyways... and quite honestly living longer by not doing things just seems moronic to me. Someone who actually does stuff will, even if they do not live as many years, actually experience a great deal more actual life!
And preventing children from playing games is just ridiculous! Banning tag? because someone could get hurt? What?!? Morons! That's all I have to say... I've played far, far more dangerous games and survived unscathed. Stifling a child's life in order to "protect" them from themselves is stupid, irresponsible... moronic! Yes, let's not let them learn how to function and move because it's all about not ever experiencing pain. Pain isn't always bad... you learn from it... it's part of life... bah!
....and before I go off on a huge long rant (I have strong feelings on this subject) I'll leave off there and actually go to bed like I meant to... and perhaps pick it up again when it isn't almost 1:00am
...also, why isn't my webpage working! and why can't I find any of my directories.... if the university lost my files I shall be quite angry, and sad I just spent a long time revamping them and hadn't backed them up yet because I wasn't quite finished! >:(
posted by Old Earth Accretionist | 11:29 p.m.
1 Comments:
If the world were meant to be perfectly safe we would have no use to be alive. I'm not saying that pain and danger are needed for fun but all the things we fear or don't like do add a certain spice to life that can't be simulated in a lab.
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