Is it okay for parents to purchase war toys for their kids?

by Assassin~ Badass Buzz Guru Posted 2012/06/09 14:47:10

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Heisenberg 2012/06/10 04:25:22

Yes

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Absolutely!

I am buying my kids the Obama go to war in Africa in violation of the war powers act, action set.
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Jorge Enriquez 2012/06/11 08:36:24

No

my viewpoint...but im not parent now

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cynsity 2012/06/11 00:14:57

Yes

and it really makes no difference if they do or don't a child will use what toys are available to play out the games they want we used plasic baseball bats as light sabors. we used ken ad barbie as add ins to our gi joes... no one turned out to bad

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Freeranger 2012/06/10 21:59:06

Yes

"War" toys? Cripes. Sure beats a Code Pink t-shirt.

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Kronan_1 2012/06/10 20:40:18

Yes

I do and won't ever stop until the children want something else.

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amazinggrace 2012/06/10 16:56:53

Yes

No worse than the video games kids play today

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Balladeer-PWCM-POTL 2012/06/10 16:30:29 (edited)

Yes

YES...in the 60's we had GI Joe...the socialists struck THAT down until he all but disappeared in the 70's....The franchise was revived in the 80's with the characters we know now...and once again the socialists went nuts and tried to get them pulled

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The Black Dagger 2012/06/10 16:07:19

Yes

There was an argument I read about once, something to do with a role playing game. I'm certain it was Dungeon's and Dragons, but I might be wrong.

It talked about the pivotal role in a child's life as to good and bad. Much like the old "Cop's and Robbers" pretend-along.

Can you recall how many times an argument ensued as to who was going to be the good guys? Rarely did any kid actually want to be the robber, because that meant you were not the hero that the world wanted.

But nowadays, thanks to the Liberals, we no longer allow this:

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none 2012/06/10 15:59:19

Yes

No problem. When I grew up all kids had cowboy or army type toys and when we grew up we were a lot better than the current young adults.

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Playerazzi 2012/06/10 13:48:58

No

I'm against it, and don't do it for my kids, but IMO that's as far as it should go.

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cmdrbnd007 2012/06/10 12:55:44

Yes

If you mean like toy guns, GI Joe's and toy soldiers, you bet it's ok.

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Brownielover504 2012/06/10 10:01:34

Yes

onlyyy ...good toys they have lol my mama bought my brother a paint ball gun at 10 and my daddy got him a BB gun at 12

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Mamaknows 2012/06/10 07:25:17

Yes

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Kids play war stuff all the time. Or cops & robbers....cowboys and indians....good guys and bad guys.

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TheTruth1313 2012/06/10 06:53:20

Yes

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It's all part of being a kid.

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KingdomNow 2012/06/10 06:40:38

Yes

But real weapons are better if you want to raise them right.

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nothingbutthetruth 2012/06/10 06:40:01

Yes

It can be an educational tool. It can teach the kids that war is OK, when it necessary to so to combat the negativity of terrorists and evil.

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NoHandlebarsAttached 2012/06/10 05:53:00

Yes

+1

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Jackal 2012/06/10 05:51:09

Yes

Yes... war has been a part of human existence, stopping them from getting war toys is a futile campaign because war toys have been around for many ages. Since the wooden toy sword, to plastic guns. Plastic Guns are pretty much the wooden toy swords of today...

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gary ® 2012/06/10 05:05:32

Yes

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Here's what we used to play with growing up in the 60s. I'm just fine!

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Dagon 2012/06/10 05:02:52
Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥ 2012/06/10 04:54:56

No

They should make them get a job and earn them :)

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Sean McDonald 2012/06/10 04:35:50 (edited)

Yes

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of course when I was a little kid in the 90s my parents would buy me army toys like this and I am normal I am not going to become some warlord just from playing with milarty action figures as kid or now from playing war video games (battlefield medal of honor mondern warfare etc)

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Dave Sa... to Sean Mc... 2012/06/10 04:55:40

Which side is the little naked soldiers?

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Sean Mc... to Dave Sa... 2012/06/10 04:56:48

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?

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Dave Sa... to Sean Mc... 2012/06/10 05:02:16

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The flesh-colored ones.

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Sean Mc... to Dave Sa... 2012/06/10 05:04:54

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oh, I don't know

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cmdrbnd007 to Dave Sa... 2012/06/10 12:57:39

They aren't naked. Their uniforms are just tan and if you are the green guys then they are the bad guys. lol

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Dave Sa... to cmdrbnd007 2012/06/10 15:34:38

That is not tan. That color is called "Flesh", or was until Crayola went PC.

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Iamfree 2012/06/10 04:35:44

Yes

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I have no problem with kids playing with play-guns, play-tanks, etc. Children have been doing it for generations.

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Wolfman 2012/06/10 04:27:40

Yes

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Hero-Warriors are good role models.

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Heisenberg 2012/06/10 04:25:22

Yes

+5
Absolutely!

I am buying my kids the Obama go to war in Africa in violation of the war powers act, action set.

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The 9 tailed jinjuriki 2012/06/09 20:04:33

Yes

Y nor

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Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/06/09 19:12:03

Yes

+1
Of course

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Rogue_Loner 2012/06/09 19:06:02
chucknorris4444 2012/06/09 16:22:58

Yes

naturally that is how males are. i started collecting legitimate weapons in the 4th grade.

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beach bum 2012/06/09 15:37:28

Yes

yes

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jackolantyrn356 2012/06/09 15:33:36

Yes

Little boys always go for rifles and plastic knives. In the late 1960s researchers from the National Organization of Women condicted an experiment on toys. The little boys ended up having to bend Barbies into the shape of an acceptab;e gun to play cowboys. the "Researchers" ignorewd this nd related in theoir report that the boys were playng with the dolls appropiately. In a way they were right, but not in the way they reported..... Don't you just LOVE Liberls

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Farnsworth 2012/06/09 14:52:07

Yes

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if I could turn all my tanks, planes, soldiers and other weapons into real hardware, I'd have my own country by now.

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AmericanVirus 2012/06/09 14:51:57

Yes

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Are kids going to become warlords playing with these?

Are you offended yet?

How about now?

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Sean Mc... to America... 2012/06/10 04:37:26

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my point exactly

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