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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: TechMan on November 05, 2013, 11:17:01 AM
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http://postalmag.com/blog/?p=2149 (http://postalmag.com/blog/?p=2149)
the USPS will be destroying the entire press run after receiving concerns from the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition over alleged “unsafe” acts depicted on three of the stamps (cannonball dive, skateboarding without kneepads and a headstand without a helmet)
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YGBSM.
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We should ban stamps! It's for the children!
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YGBSM.
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2013/11/05/post-office-to-destroy-michelle-os-just-move-stamps-for-safety-reasons/ (http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2013/11/05/post-office-to-destroy-michelle-os-just-move-stamps-for-safety-reasons/)
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/lets-move-campaign-stamps-move-20552030 (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/lets-move-campaign-stamps-move-20552030)
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So, because someone somewhere might DO A HANDSTAND WITHOUT A HELMET after reading unvetted fitness advice from a stamp, thousands, if not millions, of dollars of material are to be destroyed?
Last one out the door, turn off the lights...
On second thought, let 'em burn. The power wil go out on its own soon enough.
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Exactly HOW is a cannonball dive any more dangerous than some other type of dive?
(I mean, unless the people alongside the pool who you splash take exception and decide to administer a little attitude adjustment.)
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Exactly HOW is a cannonball dive any more dangerous than some other type of dive?
(I mean, unless the people alongside the pool who you splash take exception and decide to administer a little attitude adjustment.)
It's actually less dangerous, because a head first dive into a shallow pool can result in serious injury.
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Exactly HOW is a cannonball dive any more dangerous than some other type of dive?
(I mean, unless the people alongside the pool who you splash take exception and decide to administer a little attitude adjustment.)
I'd like someone to explain to me how a cannonball is counted as a "dive". Dives are headfirst.
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It's actually less dangerous, because a head first dive into a shallow pool can result in serious injury.
The water on those little stamps can't be very deep ;)
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Suggestion for the next stamp, wear right equipment, fail anyway. Something of a metaphor.
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The elder of my two bosses was cackling over this one.
She loves anytime Madam Obama gets a publicity smack down.
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At least none of the stamps depicted Dodgeball. Only terrorists play dodgeball these days...
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This "protect the kids at all costs, even their own enjoyment of life" attitude is really starting to piss me off. I did some dumb things as a kid. Hurt myself a few times. Learned some lessons, a few painful, and moved on.
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This "protect the kids at all costs, even their own enjoyment of life" attitude is really starting to piss me off. I did some dumb things as a kid. Hurt myself a few times. Learned some lessons, a few painful, and moved on.
There's a local talk show host (He does fill in for Rush fairly often) who often uses the example of playgrounds... 30 years ago when playgrounds were asphalt, kids were less stupid and got hurt less. Having the OSHA-approved soft rubber chips under playground equipment have dumbed down the physics of falling off stuff for kids.
I like to say that I learned more useful stuff by watching Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner show as a kid than I did up through most of high school.
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There's a local talk show host (He does fill in for Rush fairly often) who often uses the example of playgrounds... 30 years ago when playgrounds were asphalt, kids were less stupid and got hurt less. Having the OSHA-approved soft rubber chips under playground equipment have dumbed down the physics of falling off stuff for kids.
I like to say that I learned more useful stuff by watching Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner show as a kid than I did up through most of high school.
And, SURPRISE SURPRISE, new research is coming out that protecting children from any and all dangers is detrimental to their long term well being because they don't learn early on how to face fears and overcome them.
Gee, whoever could have guessed that children need to learn to deal with danger and risk while they are still amazingly resilient and healthy?
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And, SURPRISE SURPRISE, new research is coming out that protecting children from any and all dangers is detrimental to their long term well being because they don't learn early on how to face fears and overcome them.
Gee, whoever could have guessed that children need to learn to deal with danger and risk while they are still amazingly resilient and healthy?
But won't that make them less reliant on the government and prone to seek gov intervention rather than be self or community reliant? [tinfoil]
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Think of it as a little chlorine in the ol' gene pool.