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< Cross posted to off-topic.debate >
> Having grown up in that era (and as a kid who had shooting versions
> of the Battlestar Galactica toys and who remembers the media hullaballoo
> about that), I am still always amazed to see the number of
> shooting toys on the market that shoot small, potentially-deadly
> projectiles.
>
> Obviously toy manufacturers have relaxed about this. I'm
> amazed that there haven't been more choking deaths. A few of
> the projectiles that the Aliens vs Predator toys fired look
> throat-shaped-and-very-dangerous to me.
>
> I suppose that as long as the projectile doesn't come out of a
> long, phallic barrel (ie something that lends itself towards
> being inserted deep into the throat), as they did on the
> Colonial Viper spaceship toys, it's "OK" ....
Well, this all leads back to parental responsibility, and teaching
children about these things, which has been discussed to a great extent
here at off-topic.debate. The government can't seem to protect us from
nuclear missiles from China (other rogue states), but they can protect
us from "Evil" SUV's, fatty foods, and "dangerous" toys. Ugh!
Scott S.
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Scott E. Sanburn
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Quote of the Month: (In Slate)
Al Gore: "Even though national security policy didn't come up, I
suggested that one critical issue for voters to ponder is this:
Whose FINGER do you want on the CONTROL-ALT-DELETE button?"
These are the same people who sued MICROSOFT, folks. If he is that
ignorant about computers, he should not be anywhere near controlling
anything, much less the United States.
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