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Dirty Dozen- The Most Dangerous Toys of 2001
An anonymous reader pointed us to The Dirty Dozen
which lists the most dangerous toys for children. #1 on the list is Metal Gear Solid 2 (which I finished this weekend and highly recommend)
Also making the cut are Gundam and Dragonball Zaction figures (nothing scarier then Bulma on a bad hair day I guess), Super Street Fighter II and Doom. Of course the specific version of doom they classify as one of the most dangerous toys of 2001 is the Game Boy Advanced port, and I gotta agree with them on the GBA thing, those things are dangerous. Play for more then 30 minutes, and you go blind.
"So, what should we put on the list this year?"
"Anything from Japan"
Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
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Ahh. I guess I'm used to doing '../' a lot. I blame it all on Linux.
Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
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I see your point, but whoa there with that last comment. The right to bear arms in this country is the same principle that allowed us our freedom from the oppressive British, and almost allowed us Southerners our freedom from the oppressive Union. Criminals in this country don't buy guns from gun stores, they get them from the black market. You can't go into a store here and legally purchase an UZI or anything like that, but they are all over the place in the hands of gangsters. Comparing Europe and America on the gun issue is really not a fair comparison. America has big money, and therefore big crime, that's just the way things go, its Economics.
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No, you can't just "wander in", much paperwork and background checks are required to buy firearms in the U.S.
And while there are stupid parents who leave guns where kids can get them, there are alo stupid parents who leave matches, lighters, rat poision, sharp knives, and other dangerous things where kids can get them - that's no rationale for banning dangerous things. (BTW, accidental firearms deaths in the U.S. are extremely rare - one is several times more likely to drown, or to die from fire, than by a gun accident.)
A bank manager or secretary who is about to be murdered or raped needs a gun very very badly.
Anyone whose life may be threatened by a violent person needs a means to defend themselves. Firearms are the best tool to do that.
My life is no less valuable than that of a soldier, police officer, private security guard, whatever, and I will not willingly surrender the means to defend myself, my family, and my community.
Tom Swiss | the infamous tms | my blog
You cannot wash away blood with blood
Well said. You just described my brother's marriage. Married a doctor's daughter, had a crappy marriage, then his wife talked him into having a baby, thinking this would keep him in the marriage. I really feel sorry for my nephew sometimes, because I know he is a very bright kid, but he had to wait an extra year before starting school, because he just couldn't pay attention - the result of being raised by TV and toys.
I have studied the martial arts for over sixteen years, and I will tell you this: decades of training in hand-to-hand combat can be nullified by a sharp piece of metal, a baseball bat, or even a great enough difference in size and strength. Yes, self-defense training can improve your odds - but if you're a little old lady with arthritic hips facing a strong crazy guy with a big stick, you're in a heap of trouble even if you've devoted your life to budo.
The best way to defend yourself againt an attacker intent on killing you or infliciting great bodily harm, is to use a firearm. Period. No question. The statistical evidence in quite clear that pointing a gun at someone is the best way currently known to mankind to deter them from attacking you.
I'll give up mine just as soon as all the criminals, cops, soldiers, and other people I don't trust give up theirs, ok?
Gun control is about as effective at keeping guns away from bad guys as the war on drugs is at keeping heroin away from junkies.
Tom Swiss | the infamous tms | my blog
You cannot wash away blood with blood
Oh no! think of the children!
What? I thought we were trying to prepare them to fight and die on the 21st century battlefield when they grow up!
Anyways, most of those toys seem to be purchased by teenagers. The McFarlane toy boxes show 12&up ratings, and have saftey warnings against allowing kids 0-3 from touching these.
For the longest time I thought the Landover site
was for real. After conversing with Christian
zealots in the past, nothing on Landover seems all
that over the top to me. As for the Lion and the Lamb, it's nothing more than nervous handwringing by a bunch of over protective Christian moms.
Sure, the Bible may have said the lion and the lamb would lay down together.
It didn't say the lamb would get much sleep.
Dangerous toys are things with parts that small children can injure themselves with
This is naive. Guns have been around for over 100 years, but it's only recently that kids have taken to gunning down multiple classmates in schools. Only since shoot-em-up video games became popular, in fact. Do you really believe there is no connection? Get your head out of the sand.