just the other day i was reminiscing about building forts with cardboard boxes and not to long ago a friend of mine was telling me about how his favorite toy as kid was a tripod. i think the really disgusting thing about all these "toys" is that they don't really foster a child's imagination. really, kids are kids and will always play. they don't need super fancy commericialized gender specific toys, unless of course the parents allow them to be brainwashed into believing so. and as long as kids hear about war, they will play war. what would really be in poor taste would be if jc penny was selling a command post that was modeled after a school cafeteria.
The night was empty of all terror for them, they had inside their circle an imaginary fire, and needed nothing but their own unpenetrated sense of community.
>From: ishy squishy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [D] nrr: Fwd: Please email J. C. Penney to protest
>Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:10:56 -0800 (PST)
>
>Some people can't handle the raw and overt results of
>what happens in warfare. If we hide it behind a
>fluffy euphemism; it's okay.
>That annoys me.
>
>In my opinion, It's acceptable for children to know
>that war isnt a game.. except maybe for gungho leaders
>with balls bigger than his brains. And it *does*
>inflict devastation.
>
>I enjoyed watching GI Joe when I was a kid. Why was
>that acceptable?
>
>Cindy
>
>I dont know how a single toy can bring all this debate
>aboot. a kid probably wont give half a goat's ass
>about what it is. it's not like we're throwing them
>dead squirrels to glue together and make a fort with.
>
>
>
>--- erin ruehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> >
> > Yeah totally, kids in different countries have to
> > deal with this shit on a daily basis, and it's sad.
> > But if I had a child, I wouldn't want him/her to
> > play with crap like that, why influence such young
> > minds that violence is ok? I understand that America
> > tries to cover our eyes to the harsh reality that is
> > our world, but in the end we wind up finding out
> > about such horrenous violence anyway and it makes me
> > grateful that I live where I live. I know America
> > has problems of their own,and I'd rather deal with
> > the problems we have here rather than dodging
> > bullets on my way to school. ~erin
>
> > ishy squishy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:it's
> > kinda funny.. children actually live in countries
> > where they see this as part of their everyday lives
> > but American people protest that such reality be
> > stifled.
> >
> > Cindy
>
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