Dodgeball banned in NH school (waiver, states, laws, kids)

[LuckyGem]

That big red rubber ball is dangerous! It stings and leaves bruises! Can't have these kids getting bruises can we?

The bigger kids always aim for the weaker slower kids don't they?

[01Snake]

Dodge, Dip, Dive, Duck, and Dodge

[KUchief25]

Originally Posted by 01Snake

Dodge, Dip, Dive, Duck, and Dodge

If ya can't dodge a wrench........you can't dodge a ball.

[shiftymh]

"Dodgeball is a sport of violence, exclusion, and degradation" - Patches O'Houlihan.

As it should be.

[LuckyGem]

maybe they could throw down pillows instead?

[Iamme73]

Originally Posted by KUchief25

The wussification marches on..........a special committee had to be formed to study the issue to boot. I wonder what kind of loons were appointed to that committee.

"WINDHAM, N.H. (CBS) – Dodgeball has been bounced in Windham.
The classic gym class game has been a rite of passage for years, but dodgeball may have met its match in the form of the Windham School board, which at a recent meeting voted 4-1 to end dodgeball and other so-called “human target” activities, games with names like bombardment and slaughter.
“It’s almost turning into a nanny state,” said school board member Dennis Senibaldi, the one school board member who voted against the ban. “What happens when they replace that game with something different that another group doesn’t want to play, do we eliminate that group of games?”

One sane voice spoke out during the meeting. At least there is some semblance of hope with children like Linsey still around............

“I think they’re really fun because they’re just soft balls so it doesn’t hurt if it hits you,” said sixth-grade student Lindsey Stagg.

Dodgeball Removed From Windham, NH Schools « CBS Boston

It is amazing that conservatives who continue to lie and say they value freedom and not central planning find so many things to object to when schools decide to do something different. It is the nanny state? LOL.

now a school board is the nanny state? I thought local and small government was freedom?

[KUchief25]

You consider freedom banning something a few don't agree with. I hope you get what you enjoy banned by a couple who don't agree and see how you like it. I'm sure you'll blame conservatives though no matter. That is what liberalism is all about.

[shiftymh]

Someday, children will probably be suspended for throwing imaginary dodgeballs at each other.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by LuckyGem

maybe they could throw down pillows instead?

Nice sport at the college level.

[KUchief25]

Or eating a pop tart shaped like a ball. Snowflakes will have to be banned soon I'd guess.........oh wait they went bankrupt the liberals are ahead of the curve on this one.