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FiveGoodMen

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57. It's getting so the country isn't even WORTH TRYING to save

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2014, 05:09 PM

Aug 2014

We. Just. Suck.

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Poll: Most Americans Want to Criminalize Pre-Teens Playing Unsupervised [View all] Silent3 Aug 2014 OP

Never had any children. chrisstopher Aug 2014 #1

Another glaring reason I'm not like "most Americans". n/t cheapdate Aug 2014 #2

Ditto. Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #4

Then we need to open pre school and day care facilities WhiteTara Aug 2014 #3

I'm beginning to think a lot of parents belong in them. Warpy Aug 2014 #7

When I was off playing on my own as a kid it would have made no difference... Silent3 Aug 2014 #8

Me too. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #25

Me Three. We never thought it strange or scary to "Go off on our own" @ 10 years old. BlueJazz Aug 2014 #30

Bikes, skateboarding, swimming in irrigation ditches. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #31

Or seatbelts!! n/t jen63 Aug 2014 #35

How about hanging in the space below the back window? blueamy66 Aug 2014 #37

Yeah that too! jen63 Aug 2014 #42

Did it all tne time. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #46

Oh me too!! jen63 Aug 2014 #48

That's sad and pathetic. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2014 #5

The poor kids, stuck in their own backyards Warpy Aug 2014 #6

A lot of kids don't have a backyard BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #22

Part of it is guilt over working too much Warpy Aug 2014 #55

Fucking helicopter parents. n/t X_Digger Aug 2014 #9

And think about how fucked up their kids will be lunasun Aug 2014 #11

Part of it is being forced on to them... Hooked_n_Looped Aug 2014 #27

Well, the law would be prompted by helicopter parents bugging their legislators. n/t X_Digger Aug 2014 #33

You have no idea jen63 Aug 2014 #36

24 hour/day sensationalistic news has warped people's sense of safety. Lex Aug 2014 #10

Those 1970's cop shows did not help either! mrdmk Aug 2014 #54

12yr olds ! Wtf i asked one that made a comment about our kids going to the community pool lunasun Aug 2014 #12

I don't think my mom ever took me to the community pool Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #13

12 yrs old means 6th or 7th grade. Will they follow them around in high school? The lunasun Aug 2014 #14

Very much agree BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #23

I've got too words for that mother--NORMAN BATES bklyncowgirl Aug 2014 #49

Wow. I would never let my 5 year old go to a pool by himself joeglow3 Aug 2014 #15

I didn't go by myself when I was 5 Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #18

The OP survey was not about 5 yr old s lunasun Aug 2014 #32

We jumped fences and swam in neighbors' pools blueamy66 Aug 2014 #38

ironically, LadyHawkAZ Aug 2014 #16

Good grief teenagebambam Aug 2014 #17

Tell me, raven mad Aug 2014 #19

Most Americans are (mistakenly) convinced that crime rates are higher now than in the past Recursion Aug 2014 #20

Media has the public whipped up into a predator panic davidn3600 Aug 2014 #21

It happened back then... blueamy66 Aug 2014 #26

The odds of it are still lower than back then though... Hooked_n_Looped Aug 2014 #29

Don't agree. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #40

We do have crime statistics from back then... Hooked_n_Looped Aug 2014 #45

And those stats are accurate? blueamy66 Aug 2014 #47

Well if you are just going to declare them liars... Hooked_n_Looped Aug 2014 #52

Show me the stats. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #56

Yep. Same mentality that justifies trashing the Constitution to "protect" us. woo me with science Aug 2014 #39

The article didn't say, but I wonder if the results were different ... surrealAmerican Aug 2014 #24

Americans have become soft, weak minded creatures. Katashi_itto Aug 2014 #28

This country has lost its collective mind ellie Aug 2014 #34

Yep. blueamy66 Aug 2014 #41

We are programmed, just as surely as North Korea is programmed. woo me with science Aug 2014 #44

People think the world is full of predators treestar Aug 2014 #43

The fear campaigns have worked TransitJohn Aug 2014 #50

Yes that's a great idea. Let's reserve prison cells for kids as early as possible. Initech Aug 2014 #51

In my town, it's all group play and organized sports. Tracer Aug 2014 #53

It's getting so the country isn't even WORTH TRYING to save FiveGoodMen Aug 2014 #57

Growing up these days is different Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 #58