Tag! Your It...Not in Attleboro

Tag! We all remember tag. What a great game. For those who don't remember let me refresh your memory. The game of tag starts with someone being "IT". Everyone else does one of two things. They run around and avoid the person who is "IT" or then stand at the safe zone to catch their breath. The person who is "IT" tries to "TAG" (by tapping someone) to make that person "IT" Pretty simple stuff.

The elementally school (incidentally, where most tag is played) in Attleboro, Ma has decided that tag is no longer to be play by children when at recess. Also on the hit list where Touch Football, and Dodgeball. Town and School officials say that all chasing games are by design dangerous, and can lead to inappropriate touching. Therefore the decision was made to nix these games from the playground.

When I went to school we played Tag, Touch Football, and Dodgeball a lot. Tag is specifically played a lot because it requires no equipment, just enough place to run around. Running around is what kids in elementary school should be doing. Society complains that our children are obese and that we need to do something about it. I have a really good solution. Stop taking away games like Tag and Touch Football, that encourage kids to run around and be kids!!!

North Korea Test Nukes.

On October 9, 2006 North Korea claimed to have tested a nuclear device. North Korea has strained relations with most of the western world, and this test will not help to strengthen those ties. There are several countries, US, Australia, South Korea, and Japan that already have sanctions against North Korea. The United Nations is currently discussing what actions to take. China, an ally of North Korea, has changed their stance is and is willing to back UN imposed sanctions, which should in an of itself be a warning to North Korea, "Even your friends don't agree with you".

Normally I think it's fine for a country to develop weapons to protect itself. I normally don't think it is the right of the US or UN or any other body to decide what a sovereign nation can and can't do. This time, I do agree with the UN. I do not feel that nuclear weapons are something that should be developed, stored, or used.

There are only 6 countries that are absolutely known to have nuclear capabilities. Most of those nations are stable, and smart enough not to use them (though not smart enough not to build them). There are several other nations that may or may not have the bomb. Either way, if it's only the six, or if it's several more, there are too many nations with the ability to destroy the Earth for the rest of the us who don't have the means of MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction).