Musical chairs 'too violent'

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[Jalapeno]

Musical chairs 'too violent'

The booklet says children should be taught to co-operate

The traditional children's party game of musical chairs has been accused of breeding violence. A booklet, launched by the Education Minister Margaret Hodge, says that nursery schools should consider playing a less aggressively competitive game - such as musical statues.

Towards a Non-Violent Society, the booklet produced by the Forum on Children and Violence, argues that musical chairs only rewards the "strongest and fastest".

The Department for Education has distanced itself from the publication, saying that it neither funds nor distributes the booklet - and it says there is no ban on the game being advocated.

Instead it says that the booklet "merely advises that teachers might think of less confrontational alternatives".

But the Conservative education spokeswoman, Theresa May, called the advice "political correctness gone mad".

"Children have playedand enjoyed musical chairs for years," she said.

"This is yet more interference by a government, not content with just telling teachers what to do, they are now telling children what games they can and cannot play."

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[Sender]

The solution is simple; whichever chair-challenged child finds themselves with nowhere to sit will receive a new chair from the government, funded by taxes on the rich. There will be no need to fight over available chairs. When the room completely fills with government chairs, increase the size of government in order to build a bigger, all-inclusive room, also funded by taxes on the rich.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Boy, wait until these kooks discover the Piñata! I'm laughing just thinking about it!

[WaveThatFlag]

Little baseball in my town no longer has outs. Outs were deemed to have a negative effect on children's sense of self-worth. Now innings last long enough for every child to get a chance to bat once. Because of this rule, there are also no longer any winners or losers -according to the adults running the league anyway.

[apillar]

Won't these kids be in for a shock when they become adults and find out that the company they work for rewards employees for being the "strongest" performers and the "fastest" problem solvers.

Oh, but I forgot we have all those government jobs like Airport Screeners for them.

[brown eyed girl]

Instead it says that the booklet "merely advises that teachers might think of less confrontational alternatives".

I'm all for hitting the author of the booklet over the head with said chair.

[unixfox]

The Indoctrination Camps seem to be working very well in New Amerika.

[manfromlamancha]

There needs to be a private school where they teach kids to be more aggressive, sort of a Spartan Educational system to counter the damn Athenian Liberals. Kids can shove each other playing tag, wrestle, play tackle football, shoot cans, and disect frogs. All at the age of five. Viva La Republic!!!

[Fiddlstix]

The traditional children's party game of musical chairs has been accused of breeding violence........

Sheese!
What Next!

[chiller]

favors only the "strongest and fastest"?
They conveniently omitted the great equalizer; "strategery".

[Blood of Tyrants]

musical chairs only rewards the "strongest and fastest".

Yes, we must have games that reward the slow, the weak, and the stupid. That way the sheeple will be easier to control.

[Lizavetta]

Towards a Non-Violent Society, the booklet produced by the Forum on Children and Violence, argues that musical chairs only rewards the "strongest and fastest".

And we musn't let anyone be stronger or faster than anyone else because of all the hurt feelings it would inspire, because in today's world the Eleventh Commandment is "Thou shalt not negatively infringe on thy neighbor's feeeeeelings."

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

What's going to happen to these ninnyfied kids when they have to go to war since they are learning there are no winners or losers?

[meyer]

The problem with this PC non-competitiveness is that the children will still do what comes naturally - they will compete. Only now, they will not have the adult guidance as to how to compete in a non-detrimental manner. So, they'll become gang-bangers and such in order to strut their stuff instead of simply winning a game of musical chairs or whatever game they seek to play. Plus, the kids will tend to see through the PC BS meaning that this will go a long way towards helping children dis-trust the advice they get from adults of authority.

[meyer]

'musical chairs only rewards the "strongest and fastest".'

Sounds like a good incentive to become stronger and faster. Reduction to the lowest denominator is Marxism.

[CougarGA7]

When I was in grade school we had one kid in class that was confined to a wheel chair.

He always won musical chairs.

This concludes my insensitive statement for the day.

[Marysecretary]

What next! If they did that here, I'd have a flying fit and every newspaper in the area would get one of my letters to the editor (I used to be famous for them years ago when I wrote for the local paper.). That's outrageous. They're trying to turn our kids into little puppets, with no sense of accomplishment at all. This is sickening.

[WaveThatFlag]

You just don't get it, do you? These are lessons little boys are going to have to learn, if they to be expected to assist their physically inferior female comrades on the field of battle.