[Virginia Ridgerunner]

And in other news:

Childhood Obesity A Serious Problem

[wolfinator]

In about 7 days, the kids will all be playing tag again. This happened at a local elementary school. The kids gradually ignored the ban and I guess the teachers felt pretty foolish after a while and quit trying to enforce it.

But any principal who would ban tag *is* an ass.

[PrincessB]

Geez, tag was just ritual courtship. Boys purposely chased girls they liked, but were too ashamed to admit it and vice versa. I was the slowest person in the class (very well known) and was “it” about the same as everyone else. And yes, if a boy REALLY liked you it was pretty much harrassment.

You know what? I just had a Eureka moment. All that great and hilarious tag must be the reason for all of my failed relationships.

T.V. tag was my favorite.

[Clintonfatigued]

I know, I didn’t believe it at first, either.

[tutstar]

We have some insane people in our country!! It’s life folks, some get chased, some get tagged. Get over it! What a bunch of sissies people are rearing!

[M203M4]

"There will be no fun at the indoctrination camps, children - nappy time in 15 minutes. Now, go practice with the condoms and dildos."

Hillary S. Birkenhaggard III, Self-Esteem Coordinator, Karl Marx Diversity Center and Treatment Complex for Capitalist Impulses (Federal School of Excellence)

[pierstroll]

Another excellent idea from those professional educators preparing our children for the work force, adult life, military service. We can’t pay these people enough.

[Eaker]

I remember that the fat kids hated dodge ball too.

Get some exercise or get used to the torment.

[presently no screen name]

complained that they'd been chased or harassed against their will.

No one can make them run! When they grow up they will complain they are being harassed against their will to show up at work on time.

[TheRobb7]

Keep

Our

Own

Kids

Safe

aka K.O.O.K.S.

[IronJack]

It’s going to reach a point where even PC can’t RUN amok ...

[leda]

good grief! what’s next?

oh i don’t even want to know...sigh!

[BBell]

Gee, I wonder if the muzzie countrys ban tag.

[originalbuckeye]

Another couple of blasts from the past......

College in the 70’s- The Beer Hunter.....one person took a can of beer out of the plastic six-pack and shook it and reinserted it into the plastic six-pack holder. Then we took turns opening random cans against out heads. Hmmmm, on second thought, this is sick!

Growing up in the 50’s-60’s- Kick the Can.....tag at night where you hid and then when the ‘it’ person was hunting for you, you could run ‘home’ and kick the can (set up a plain old can at the base) and be safe until the next round.

Ahhhhh, I wish my son had had the benefit of growing up in a safer America. I always knew where he was.....previously we didn’t have to be home until the street lights came on.

[stinkerpot65]

I guess “Smear the Queer with the ball” is out, too.

[Trillian]

Haha I clicked on this thinking it was a ban for Tag the spray for men.

What a bunch of nuts. You can’t play tag but you can learn about all kinds of deviant sexual acts that will kill you.

[VictoryGal]

> Officials at Evans and Meridian Ranch elementaries say that encouraged more students to play games, and helped reduce playground squabbles.

Playground squabbles is how kids figure out how to handle conflict. We’ll be raising a bunch of socially stunted kids who run to Mommy Government every time there is any kind of trouble.

Which I guess is the plan all along.

[traviskicks]

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[Wallace T.]

What is most disturbing is that these locations (except for the one in Massachusetts, with which I am unfamiliar) are deep in red state America. Colorado Springs is the most conservative city in Colorado, or perhaps anywhere in the Rocky Mountain states, Provo, Utah excepted. There is a strong evangelical presence, with Focus on the Family and several other ministries located here. Tom Tancredo is the local Congressman. Wyoming is one of the "reddest" of states. The only semi-liberal pockets in the state are Laramie, home of the University of Wyoming, and Jackson Hole, a tourist destination near Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. In 2004, Bush carried the county in which Cheyenne is located by an almost two to one margin. While Charleston County is at best light red, with Bush beating Kerry by four percentage points, the county's population is almost 35% black. Assuming the school district is in a white area of the county, you are dealing with a population that is probably predominantly Republican in voting patterns. Spokane is in eastern Washington, which is considerably more conservative than the Seattle-Tacoma area. While it had been the home of former Speaker of the House Tom Foley, since his 1994 defeat, the Congressional district has been represented by Republicans, the most recent being Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who has received perfect scores from pro-life and family values groups.

With the possible exception of North Attleboro, MA, none of the locations banning tag are in notoriously liberal areas of the country. That is the scary part of this story. A fear of litigation on the part of the school boards or principals and the withdrawal of many of the most conservative parents from public schools may have a role in this matter. However, it may rather be that many people who are not political activists but who vote Republican because of President Bush's perceivedly strong stance on terrorism or dislike of effete upper class or militant minority liberals have been inculcated with many mainstream cultural values. Oprah Winfrey plays in Peoria better than she does in Manhattan or Beverly Hills. The same foul detritus from the mainstream culture is as available in red state America as it is anywhere else.

The moral and intellectual state of this country, even beyond the obvious liberal hell holes, is not encouraging for those who hold to traditional moral values or esteem hard work and reason over dependency and "feeeeeeeeeeeelings".

[Scotswife]

“Fesgen said two parents complained to her about the ban, but most parents and children didn’t object. “

Yes...so let’s punish ALL the children so that we can kowtow to TWO candya$$ parents.