You know predidio9, it's statements like this that hurt the rebellion. The rebel alliance is desparately in need of padoin jedis-in-training and our recruiting budget gets slashed all the time.
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...and now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
You right. That was irresponsible. Comparing homosexuals to padoin jedis is about as fair as equating gay marriage with the Civil Rights movement.
When I was five... I thought I was Superman. I wish someone had talked me out of it before I jumped off my grandmother's front porch and cut my head.
Don't worry, my boys are wearing their Superman underwear today. So far I have been only letting them jump off the couch to fly, even though they think it would be better training to let them jump off the roof. I will go let them now, it is afterall for the good of mankind, or at least their feelings (in the short term.)
LOL...indeed, the Rebellion DOES need its padwans, and this week, it got a new one.
My (now 10-year-old) son spent the greater part of the last four years practicing his Jedi moves on his little brother, who then "practiced" his right hook on big brother. Much Havoc Was Wreaked.
So...as of last Monday, my own little knight-in-training began...fencing lessons. And guess what? He seems to be pretty good! Of course, I know next to nothing about real Olympic fencing, but I keep hearing the coach say, "Do it like Billy!" to the other kids. I've never seen him so happy at a sport.
Regards,
PS: As for the poor unfortunate little boy in the story, well...IMO, his parents are to blame, but they are aided and abetted by the mental health "professionals" who will tell them over and over again that everything's hunky-dorey with him. Furthermore, any child who teases this disturbed boy will themselves be made to undergo "counseling." It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world.