Comments on: Pinatas = Guns http://www.downwithpinatas.com/2008/04/16/pinatas-guns/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:51:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: joesap http://www.downwithpinatas.com/2008/04/16/pinatas-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-468 joesap Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:18:28 +0000 http://www.downwithpinatas.com/?p=23#comment-468 guns dont kill people, husbands who come home early do. guns dont kill people, husbands who come home early do.

]]> By: Ron of Down With Pinatas http://www.downwithpinatas.com/2008/04/16/pinatas-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Ron of Down With Pinatas Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:22:57 +0000 http://www.downwithpinatas.com/?p=23#comment-149 Brian, the difference between the sports you mention and piñatas are that those sports are typically enjoyed by adults, or by older children. Piñatas are typically available at parties for very small children. Would you give darts or a fencing sword to a 4 year old? Probably not. Part of the problem with piñatas is that they are given to children who really can't distinguish between real and not-real that well. They still believe in Santa, think Elmo is a real person, and don't understand why knocking around someone with a stick won't disgorge a bunch of candy. Thanks for writing, and glad you agree about guns being bad! Brian, the difference between the sports you mention and piñatas are that those sports are typically enjoyed by adults, or by older children.

Piñatas are typically available at parties for very small children. Would you give darts or a fencing sword to a 4 year old? Probably not.

Part of the problem with piñatas is that they are given to children who really can’t distinguish between real and not-real that well. They still believe in Santa, think Elmo is a real person, and don’t understand why knocking around someone with a stick won’t disgorge a bunch of candy.

Thanks for writing, and glad you agree about guns being bad!

]]> By: Brian http://www.downwithpinatas.com/2008/04/16/pinatas-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Brian Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:56:04 +0000 http://www.downwithpinatas.com/?p=23#comment-146 Although many sports and recreational pursuits have their roots in violence, like pinata, darts, javelin, fencing, they are permissible and encouraged in our society. Is giving a kid a pinata similar to giving them a loaded gun? No. Giving them a pinata asks them to make a distinction between "real" and "imaginary." If the child is developmentally slow, or too young to understand that beating a fake donkey and a real donkey are too different things, it's likely someone will get hurt. The gun thing though, that almost always a disaster, trust me. Although many sports and recreational pursuits have their roots in violence, like pinata, darts, javelin, fencing, they are permissible and encouraged in our society.

Is giving a kid a pinata similar to giving them a loaded gun? No. Giving them a pinata asks them to make a distinction between “real” and “imaginary.” If the child is developmentally slow, or too young to understand that beating a fake donkey and a real donkey are too different things, it’s likely someone will get hurt. The gun thing though, that almost always a disaster, trust me.

]]> By: John http://www.downwithpinatas.com/2008/04/16/pinatas-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-45 John Thu, 01 May 2008 17:29:38 +0000 http://www.downwithpinatas.com/?p=23#comment-45 Guns don't kill people, BULLETS kill people! Guns just tell the bullet to work, much like the human behind the gun tell it to launch the poor unsuspecting bullet out at insanely high speeds toward it's untimely demise. Guns don’t kill people, BULLETS kill people! Guns just tell the bullet to work, much like the human behind the gun tell it to launch the poor unsuspecting bullet out at insanely high speeds toward it’s untimely demise.

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