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To: AAABEST

“raising little bitch-boys who can’t work or fight”

I think it all started with the wussification of playgrounds.

The banning of monkey bars, making the playground surface soft to prevent possible injury and the like just helped to make kids soft.

When I was a kid playgrounds could be a little dangerous....but that taught kids to be careful and in the event of injury you learned to tolerate pain. All great life lessons IMO.


11 posted on 03/31/2022 10:02:10 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: V_TWIN

Man, bring back the memories. I went to a brand new school in the 2nd grade where the playground was crushed oyster shells.

A year later they had a real playground built and paved over the oyster shells for a parking lot.


29 posted on 03/31/2022 12:25:26 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: V_TWIN

A boy can’t even carry a pocket knife anymore. My Dad gave my my first knife when I was seven and I’ve carried one everywhere ever since, and used it when I needed to.


31 posted on 03/31/2022 12:47:19 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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