[TC Rider]

Sounds like fun to me, so long as they keep it safe.

[2banana]

They should keep to traditional teenage activities - marching in pro-abortion parades, holding gay-day activities and dressing like Britney Spears...

[egarvue]

It is fun. We used to play this back in high-school and college in the 80s - we called it Assassin back then. Heck, they even made a cheezy 80's movie out of the craze (I think the film was called "T.A.G. - The Assassination Game"). The cops are totally justified in taking precautions, though.

[Fixit]

So far this spring, Blue Ash police have confiscated about 15 Nerf guns and PVC pipes fashioned into blowguns, as well as a pair of walkie-talkies.

Sounds like the Blue Ash Police could stand a bit of a force reduction.

 

That's mighty fine
work boys.

[Corporate Law]

Officers suggested that Montgomery and Blue Ash could pass resolutions to outlaw the game, he said. So far, nothing has been done.

Blue Ash is the only city in Hamilton County with any common sense and good business sense. Warren County should annex them.

Cincinnati is the Hellmouth on the Ohio.

[mtbopfuyn]

It does sound like loads of fun, but I can understand the problems it causes in today's society.

[Redcloak]

"You'll shoot your eye out, Ralphy."

[Atlas Sneezed]

Bang

[valkyrieanne]

The nattering nannies want to castrate teenage boys, until all they are good for is watching "Queer Eye," doing their nails, and going to Gay-Straight Alliance meetings at their high school.

[Blood of Tyrants]

"So far this spring, Blue Ash police have confiscated about 15 Nerf guns and PVC pipes fashioned into blowguns, as well as a pair of walkie-talkies."

Under what constitutional amendment are they allowed to do this? Last time I checked the Fifth Amendment said that a person was not to be deprived of property without due process of the law.

[aruanan]

Chief Chris Wallace said the department "pretty much has a zero-tolerance policy" for Dart Wars. Boone said his officers have been told since the beginning that they have discretion to file charges against Dart Wars players if they think the incident warrants it. They also are cautioned never to let their guard down on any run. So, they are justified in pulling their pistols.

"Don't think for a minute we aren't concerned about this," [ Chief Kirk Nordbloom] said. "But, our stance is, if you abide by the law, you won't have a problem with it. Play your game. But, if you break the law, you pay the price."

He's talked to police in both communities about calling a halt to Dart Wars. Officers suggested that Montgomery and Blue Ash could pass resolutions to outlaw the game, he said. So far, nothing has been done.

And no one questions how dangerous to society at large it is to have have chiefs of police who confuse their own orders based on their own tastes with the law. Remember several years ago some municipality that wouldn't hire any cops of above "average" intelligence for fear they would move on to some other job? I wonder if that is what has been going on here.

[festus]

Minus the thong wearing bit these sound like the kids I grew up with. I think we used paperwads. We formed alliances for protection.

This lesson in school was paramount. Treaties only matter if those in the treaty have a common interest that transcends all else or if they fear you.

In this I invented the repeater spitwad gun with magazine. Jamming was a problem due to poor quality control on ordinance. We discovered our religious instruction pamphlets from church were the best sources of weapons as they were heavy paper. My buddy put staples on the front. We all wore coats to keep from getting welts from that one. Sock clips were also used.

Man those were the days huh ? ;-)

[cyborg]

I remember the mass hysteria over the Super Soaker guns. Sheesh.

[HungarianGypsy]

Let's get rid of this. Let's get rid of cruising. Let's get rid of recess for the little kids. Then when they act up we can drug them. Isn't that what it's coming to?

[Liberal Classic]

Back in college some friends and I were having a swordfight around the pool in our apartment complex. We were using those banboo kendo swords, which make a satisfying *smack* and leave a welt when you hit. I forget what the score was but pretty soon a squad of police officers runs in guns drawn. I guess someone complained of a swordfight. ;)