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Spouting Horn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:25 AM Original message |
Youth All-Star Game Canceled To Prevent Bruised Egos |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Inclusiveness taken to an extreme. |
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shrdlu (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. How to encourage a nation of wimps...n/t |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. This aspect of Liberalism is not to my liking |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. so is it ok to beat little gay boys because to do otherwise sets them for later bruisings? nt |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You probably shouldn't smoke that stuff. |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. You equate an all star team with beating up gay kids? |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Wow! That came outta left field. n/t |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Um...what? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Basketball game =/= beating up gay kids |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. . |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. Are you a fucking idiot? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. Oh for fuck's sake. Nice right-wing Hannity tactic |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Is this really part of "Liberalism"? |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I do believe it is |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. I think it's better to put off the toughest of life's lessons |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. This is hardly the toughest of life's lessons. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I'm responding to this line in particular |
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spartan61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. There are 14 rules (not 11), and they are by Sykes (not Gates). |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. I think there are twelve rules |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. Meanwhile, the Nanny-Staters |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Next step is -> force airlines to hire blind pilots |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. My favorite is the braille markings on the drive up ATMs |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. ATMs are mass produced. They have the same keypads whether they're drive-up or walk-up. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Shush... some people needs a good reason |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. And some people go to great lengths to find something to whine about. |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. A few years ago I saw a sign in the window of a restaurant: |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. blind people take taxis and sometimes they need to get cash. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. Oh yes, that is the next logical step. (Idiot.) |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. That just going to make the shock when the real world smacks them in the face worse. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. I don't see a problem with not having an all-star game |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. George Carlin was right - parents have taken all the fun out of being a kid |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. Harrison Bergeron by Vonnegut |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. Why can't anyone strike a balance? |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. You hate exclusion? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
16. i would just as soon eliminate psychotic parents from youth sports |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. I think that could have been part of the real reason they cancelled it... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. yeah, i forgot about the cheerleader parents -- they can be pure evil |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. Dumb as hell. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
21. In Other News |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. So they are forcing transvestite males in HS to be King when they'd rather be Queen? n/t |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. I was a total loser at baseball |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. Parents using kids to wave their own dicks. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. I glanced at the title, and at first I thought it was to prevent bruised eggs |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. The "war against excellence" continues..... We need to stop this shit.... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. This article reminded me of a funny event in our family |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. this is probably why this happened |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. You're probably right |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. right on....there is no diplomatic way to deal with these folks |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. A fine example of the reason I came to abhor Little League years ago |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. What an interesting story to bring to a 'liberal' message board |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
47. Is this before or after the pledged to get pregnant together? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. You said it. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
53. This means that a parent complained. |
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