Posted by XR650L_Dave on February 12, 2009, 1:16 pm
I was wondering one of those thoughts...
Did 'extreme sports' pop up about 5-10 years after they started
wussifying playgrounds? Getting rid of monkeybars, no more swings and
monkeybars over pavement, etc., etc.
It occurred to me no one who grew up on an 'old school' playground
would ever think of doing some of the crazy crap they do nowadays.
*We* know that when you fall down, you get hurt.
Wouldn't there be a fair bit of irony if in 'protecting' kids by
smoothing and softening every surface ended up turning them into
raving sports lunatics...
Dave
Posted by Mike W. on February 12, 2009, 2:23 pm
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:16:18 -0800 (PST), XR650L_Dave
>I was wondering one of those thoughts...
>Did 'extreme sports' pop up about 5-10 years after they started
>wussifying playgrounds? Getting rid of monkeybars, no more swings and
>monkeybars over pavement, etc., etc.
>It occurred to me no one who grew up on an 'old school' playground
>would ever think of doing some of the crazy crap they do nowadays.
>*We* know that when you fall down, you get hurt.
>Wouldn't there be a fair bit of irony if in 'protecting' kids by
>smoothing and softening every surface ended up turning them into
>raving sports lunatics...
>Dave
aka unintended consequences
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Mike W.
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Posted by HellSickle on February 12, 2009, 3:41 pm
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>Did 'extreme sports' pop up about 5-10 years after they started
>wussifying playgrounds? Getting rid of monkeybars, no more swings and
>monkeybars over pavement, etc., etc.
>It occurred to me no one who grew up on an 'old school' playground
>would ever think of doing some of the crazy crap they do nowadays.
>*We* know that when you fall down, you get hurt.
>Wouldn't there be a fair bit of irony if in 'protecting' kids by
>smoothing and softening every surface ended up turning them into
>raving sports lunatics...
>Dave