[WayneS]

There was a 'national controversy' over dwarf tossing in 1989 and I missed it?

I don't believe it. I think someone must be exaggerating the scope and/or scale of the 'controversy'.

Dwarf tossing is NOT the kind of 'national controversy' that would have slipped by me.

PS - I am 'pro-choice' on the subject of dwarf tossing. Dwarf's should have the same freedoms as the rest of society.

[alancarp]

Well, yeah, it actually was big news - at least in Florida - in 1989. Frankly, I can't imagine allowing myself to be thrown across a room for the entertainment of others (though it would take a team to throw me). In terms of employment, that's gotta rank down there even below "ditch digger" and just above "personal injury lawyer".

This is kinda one of those things in which you'd think nobody would have to say "this is just all wrong." But since they did, I can't really fathom a reversal.

P.S. - Is there a dwarf-tossing faction out there trying to actively lobby for re-instate the practice? Really?

[Jack Hydrazine]

I remember hearing about it on the national news because it was the oddest thing to hear about on the news and it also sounded funny! Do we have any FR who are have dwarfism (not the mental midgets) and what they think of dwarf tossing?