Also, has the ban on politics been lifted or something?
There has never been a ban on discussion of social issues. Just keep partisan politics out of it.
Also, has the ban on politics been lifted or something?
On a completely unrelated note relative to my last post, doesn't anyone else think toy stores are a bit sexist? Toys for girls always get 1-2 aisles that are colored pink, whereas toys for boys always take up the rest of the store and have multiple color schemes. It's like girls have only a tiny section of the store to browse from while their male counterparts get to explore much vaster terrain.
Oh, and they should make more action figures for girls. Less Barbie and more Lara Croft.
Sorry to reply to an old post but GOOD LORD THE START OF THAT VIDEO IS TERRIFYING. Seriously. It comes right the heck out of nowhere and I was more than a bit unnerved by it. Talk about uncanny valley.
BronzeOracle, I'd be careful with children's comparison and "natural" behaviour. My house has always been a nearly all-female house. My parents had four girls.
Thanks Nihal for this perspective. Out of interest did you girls ever play wars/guns/ninjas or watch this stuff on tv?
We played with dolls, yes, a lot. But we played with balls (a lot!), vehicles, and included in the crap we did as children was climbing trees and a stone wall to access some high windows—then move hanging from them a la Assassins Creed—, roll down the sofa to the floor, play hide-and-seek or tag, fight, secretly set stuff on fire... You get the idea. My mother used to say that when we got silent we'd be up to something.
For some reason, I find this more awesome than knights saving damsels in distress.We were faeries that went on magical battles and saved damsels in distress.
Now that I stop to think my (and my sisters) favourite cartoons in our early childhood included She-Ha and Dungeon & Dragons. Guess what they have in common.