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11-03-2016, 04:41 PM | #11 |
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Not meaning any offense to the OP, but that isn't even a news article.
It's a ramble by Ernie Smith, posted on his own hobby blog site, Tedium. After looking at his linked in page, it would appear that he couldn't make it as a journalist at AOL or the Washington Post. He seems concerned about the success of G.I. Joe in the 80s. That's weird. Maybe his parents wouldn't purchase any G.I. Joes for him, and he still harbors some resentment for that to this day. |
11-03-2016, 04:45 PM | #12 |
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I am lucky my parents knew better than to believe this nonsense. I had Joes, MOTU, Transformers and countless other lines. My moms brother was a religious man and tried to convince my parents that Masters of the Universe was satanic because God is the master and not He Man. Anyway I turned out fine. But GI Joe led to both things Axonray mention for me: wanting to be a soldier and joining The Army AND being a grown man spending hundreds of dollars on "War Toys" every year.
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11-03-2016, 06:25 PM | #13 |
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I remember discovering the local comic store that sold American comics and being excited about looking for the GI Joe comic as the UK Action Force comic had ended. After a number of minutes struggling to find any GI Joe comics, I asked the owner where they were. I got the answer that he didn't stock comics that "promoted war and violence" and he practically called me a stupid kid. I was perplexed as he stocked every other Marvel title, as well as DC, and most seemed to contain as much violence as the Joe comics.
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11-03-2016, 07:11 PM | #14 |
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I went to a toy store as a kid I think it was a KayBee, and brought a tank model to the counter to purchase. The cashier asked me if it was OK with my Mom to get a war toy. I honestly don't think she was going to sell it to me until Mom showed up. So I had to go find Mom, bring her to the store and then get it.
Only happened once IIRC. Wow imagine that, I was by myself at the mall, no parental supervision, just a "meet me by the book store at noon" no need to have a cel phone handy. Everything turned out OK. We both shopped, spent our money, met back up, and drove home. Amazing huh?
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11-03-2016, 08:17 PM | #15 |
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Hakuna Matata. Some people just need to push thier opinions on others. I played with Gi joe, transformers, thundercats, and countless others toylines that all had violence and guns. I think I kind of turned out ok I guess. I have had a few friends who couldn't have any of these and some are ok while others became drug addicts and thieves, probably because of their overbearing parents trying to force thier beliefs on them. Its nonsense like this that has led to the pussification of this great country.
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11-03-2016, 10:12 PM | #16 |
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Hard to comment on this without treading into "politics", but as someone mentioned earlier, it isn't the violence, it is the guns. A certain political sect has an irrational fear/hatred/loathing of guns It isn't the "danger", as much as what they represent in terms of individualism and not depending on the federal govt to protect. Throw in a healthy dose of patriotism-jingoism or nationalism to that political sect-and portrayal of American servicemen as good people and all races getting along and working together.
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11-03-2016, 10:43 PM | #17 |
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Kids have been playing solider long before there was a toy called G.I. JOE. If you didn't have a toy gun, kids could pick up a stick and pretend. It's part of growing up even if you get rid of all the war toys it's not going to change.
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11-04-2016, 12:06 AM | #18 |
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Yawn.
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11-04-2016, 07:13 AM | #19 |
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I have not run into any anti GI Joe sentiment growing up, occasionally, as with this persons article would hear about parents who started anti violence groups and would target a particular TV show or movie as an example for societies woes.
Growing up, my parents bought me GI Joe, plastic toy soldiers, Transformers, Thundercats, Robotech, He-man, Star wars, and I like my brother are two extremely kind people who would not hurt anyone, so it is not so much the toys as the people who play with them, these will not make you anymore violent, boys in particular will always seek out "war" play, I played war with my friends in elementary school during recess, so there will always people trying to put their beliefs on people thinking they are right and know better than other people.
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11-04-2016, 09:09 AM | #20 |
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I think there is a disconnect from the title of the article and the content. I do not believe he means to ban military toys now as much as he was trying to explain the history of.
There is a tv program from the 80s called Deception of a Generation Demonic toys. That tackles this anti-culture behaviour but turns its focus to He-man being satanic and Smurfs being gay zombies. I think conservative America is its own worst enemy. Just a blind fear and hatred to the unknown.
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