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Before the 1980s (or somewhere along that timeline) kids played with toy guns and it was bang bang shoot um' up. Toy guns,plastic swords,knives...it was cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians. Cartoons had Porky the Pig blasting away with a shotgun and Bugs Bunny was whacky other toons with a bat.
Then along came The Smurfs and Zero Tolerence. Toy guns got marked red at the muzzle and fewer and fewer parents allowed their children to play with them. Point your index finger at a fellow student in kindergarten and find yourself expelled.
I think we all know the sad events that have occured the past ten to fifteen years.
A good book on this topic and really worth reading:
Amazon.com: Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence: Gerard Jones: Books
What do you think?
Then along came The Smurfs and Zero Tolerence. Toy guns got marked red at the muzzle and fewer and fewer parents allowed their children to play with them. Point your index finger at a fellow student in kindergarten and find yourself expelled.
I think we all know the sad events that have occured the past ten to fifteen years.
A good book on this topic and really worth reading:
Amazon.com: Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence: Gerard Jones: Books
What do you think?