VIDEO: Japanese TV Amazed At Children's Game "Tag" Suspended (Massachusetts) [Streaming Clip]

JNN News Tokyo (in Japanese) short video clip 300k ^ | 20 October 2006 | JNN News Tokyo (Video Clip)

[AmericanInTokyo]

The stupidity of the Massachusetts school decision to 'outlaw' such children's games as "tag" at school has hit the news in Japan.

(VIDEO REPORT ON TONIGHT'S NEWS IN JAPAN)

There is a slight tone of incredulousness.

Clip at above URL link and here:

http://meta.cdn.yahoo-streaming.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20061020-00000066-jnn-int-movie-001&media=wm300k

Puzzled parents interviewed, too. The clip will be up for a few more hours...

[AmericanInTokyo]

It is interesting when things like this about changing American culture and over-litigiousness are viewed from abroad. They must think we are nuts.

[brownsfan]

"They must think we are nuts."

Then they must be very astute.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The report says this "Willett Elementary School" previously had outlawed 'dodge ball'.

I think the report must be viewed with great interest by the Japanese; some must wonder if the PC germs will be infecting the archipelago soon, too.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Japanese TV Amazed At Children's Game "Tag" Suspended (Massachusetts)

Get used to it. Massachusetts is screwed up.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Oh, believe me, I know all about Taxachusetts!

[BigSkyFreeper]

It is strangely enough, nice to know that even in Japan, they can be dumbfounded by the foolishness and sheer idiocy here in America when it's on full display. :)

[TeenagedConservative]

Japanese kids are very studious and hard-working. Their country is successful. And...they are capitalistic and 99% percent homogeneous racially.

I guess one doesn't need cheap immigrant labor and multiculturalism to have a successful society.

[razzle]

Considering the ratio of lawyers to normal people is much lower in Japan than in the US, they may avoid this disease for a while.

[patriot_wes]

American public school system......laughing stocks of the world once again !

[saveliberty]

LOL

I believe that you believe that. But I don't think that you know that even dedicated liberals here have had it.

[ArrogantBustard]

I hope it doesn't give them ideas ... last time they thought we were weak, we had to nuke them to prove otherwise.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I hope this can be seen as global embarrassment and filtered back to the administrative nincompoops over there at that school! They should be ashamed.

[Centurion2000]

Massachusetts school system administrators are the Zhirinovsky's of the USA.

[AmericanInTokyo]

funny (well, that's not a good word) but it is amazing to think 60 years later, we may well be shedding blood together as comrades in arms in fierced pitched battles with the DPRK

[silentknight]

So umm why did the stop kids from playing tag???

[Holicheese]

I am glad I now live in a State that will never outlaw Dodgeball or Bombardment. Now that was a game!!

[BluH2o]

It is interesting when things like this about changing American culture and over-litigiousness are viewed from abroad.

The U.S. has more lawyers per capita than any nation on earth. It follows that the U.S. is the most litigious country in the world ... it impacts to one degree or another every facet of our everyday living. Major tort reform in this country is absolutely necessary ... lawyers and their frivolous lawsuits need to be reined in a dramatic fashion.

[Sir Gawain]

They must think we are nuts.

Like the Japanese have any room to call us crazy. LOL

[ArrogantBustard]

That thought has also occurred to me ... I am reminded that our first great war, as a nation, was fought against Great Britain.

[Gator101]

Thanks Massachusetts!

Now the Japanese are laughing at us...and this from a culture who's schoolchildren like to play "Kancho"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kancho