Posted on 04/23/2011 5:34:46 PM PDT by mandaladon
Prepare to have your jaw drop.
Folks in the nanny-state are busy selling yet another concept that will push the next generation closer to becoming a mass of uninspired robots who are not allowed to learn about competition or even the concept of competitive fun.
The target du jour for those who would crush all individualism? Piñatas. The anti-pinata folks have a problem with piñatas because people are encouraged to hit them.
That was not a typo, there are people on this planet who believe that hitting pinatas will harm the youth of America. If you think I am kidding, read the title of an article posted on Yahoo.com‘s ’associated content’ section.
PINATAS: A BAD IDEA FOR YOUR CHILD’S PARTY?
The author is Vanessa Bartlemus, a woman with degrees in Journalism and Psychology who is also the mother of a 2-yr-old daughter. Ms. Bartlemus’ column makes the anti-pinata argument stating;
Piñatas are not a good idea for your child’s party. Children should never hit anything with a stick. Even worse, kids can get piñatas in their favorite character too. Doesn’t anyone slightly cringe at the thought of their child whacking Dora the Explorer or Elmo around with a baseball bat? What is that doing for a child’s character? Getting a flower or car piñata is only slightly less worse.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
I give the human race a few more decades. That’s it.
What is worse? Hitting a Pinata or pimping your blog?
I certainly hope yours have candy in them.
The ones in my dreams? Well, I just get sh!+, guts, and feathers EVERYWHERE.
If only they would seal the border, we wouldn’t have such a serious piñata problem.
I start to envy corrupt third world countries whose dictators only want to enrich themselves. It has to be better than a government full of nannies who want to raise your kids, count your calories and organize your birthday parties too.
The real argument against pinatas is that’s a Messican custom.
Messico for Messicans - and Messican traditions!
The pinata is not American.
Why are we adopting cultural patterns from alien cultures?
When my effed-up POS Toyota finally died several years ago, I invited my brother and his young son over to my place and we spent the afternoon beating the sh*t out of it with baseball bats. The kid is now in university near the top of his class.
I stopped reading at the phrase “degrees in journalism and psychology”;)
I hope this woman never has sons. That's what boys DO... hit things with sticks!
I don’t have a problem with hitting a piñata, but I think it is crazy to blindfold a child and hand them a bat. As a child I was hit extremely hard in the head by another (blindfolded) kid.
...Michelle Obama with piñata dress
Your comment reminded me of C. S. Lewis’ immortal words:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” C. S. Lewis, English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963).
She's a Muzzie, to boot:
“Vanessa Bartlemus, a woman with degrees in Journalism and Psychology...”
“Getting a flower or car piñata is only slightly less worse.”
She made it through a journalism AND psychology degree and is still writing sentences that belong in grade school? Even worse, did not proof read for this kind of garbage before submitting a major article for publication?
Oh, please. Who is she really?
You mean like Christmas trees?
Please tell me that’s photoshopped. Please.
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