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School bans tag, other chase games - CNN.com

Oh, you knew it was coming.

In the never ending pursuit to make people's lives safer by removing everything in them that makes them worth living, there is another victory. Apparently several school systems across the country have taken the strong arm against one of my favorite things, tag. No, children aren't coating themselves in skunky body spray, I speak of the childhood classic. The game of tag.

Ok, correct me if I'm wrong, but no one made up the game of tag. I think God gave us tag from the beginning, sort of a natural instinct. You let kids go out into an open area and one of them is going to chase another one and instantly everyone knows what's going on. There is never an adult needed to explain the rules, it's just understood.

Let that stand undeniable evidence that tag is a basic, unalienable right of the children of America. Are you surprised that I'm defending it? It's the only sport I was ever any good at! Of course I'm going to defend it! You know what else....IT ISN'T SAFE, and I DON'T CARE. Neither do kids, go ahead and ask them.

I wouldn't feel qualified to make that statement if I didn't feel I had some authority in saying it. I do, however, and that's because I broke my wrist by tripping over a root in a game of tag in the first grade. Snapped it. I cried a bit, had to eat and color with my left hand for a while, then I got over it. My kids will too. I don't want some hyper sensitive school system, so afraid of getting sued, denying my child the privilege of running around and getting hurt. All children should at least have that.

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