little_old_man

What is inside of a 6 volt lantern battery varies greatly between manufacturers. Very few contain a bunch of AA batteries. Most have 2 or 4 large cells and some are a single cell, so you might just crack something open that will be very dangerous.

There is an Ontario California, but EA isn't located there which probably explains why so many of their games suck so bad.

PS Joe, This isn't an isolated event. It's happened before, which is why I made the original comment about making it illegal to play outside. When a parent is arrested for letting their child play unsupervised outside, exactly how is that NOT making it illegal to let your kids play outside. Links to two other stories completely unrelated to the original story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/tammy-cooper-texas-mom-arrested-kids-unsupervised-video_n_1900113.html http://jezebel.com/mom-arrested-for-letting-her-9-year-old-kid-play-outsid-1605455611 I also meant to ask where you managed to find a link stating that the 7 year old had learning disabilities? Obviously you mentioned it because it must have a huge bearing on this situation and your opinion that the mother is unfit and should be in jail, but I can find no mention of it anywhere, and exactly what type of learning disability does he have and exactly how does it have anything to do with this or his mother's parenting abilities? Attempting to end a discussion to silence your detractors with a desired set of conclusions and glaring factual omissions, then defending them ad hominen leads to confirmation and cognitive biases. Nothing else.

Joe, While I appreciate your opinion on this matter, there was nothing in my original post that was inaccurate based on the information given in the link that I provided, which I might also mention was mere moments after the story broke. A mother allowed her 7 year old son to play unsupervised outside and was arrested and charged with "felony" child neglect. My comment pertaining to the outlawing of outdoor activities was obviously an exaggeration of the situation, but apparently you seem to be unable to differentiate what was intended as my opinion and what the facts of the story were at that time, that were as provided in the link. So please allow me to dumb it down for you just a bit so you can grasp what I'm saying. First, I'm glad that you mentioned the term "logical fallacy". In your explanation of the "facts", you failed to mention that the mother of the 7 year old sent her son to the park with a cell phone tied on a string around his neck (as she always did when he was out playing), and that he had checked in with her before the lifeguards at the pool questioned him. Like any good kid who listens to his parents, the boy was spooked by the "strangers" and he took off. I'm not sure that by omitting that point you are attempting to bolster your argument, because in an earlier statement you said: "My kids (10 and 13) walk to school all the time. They go bike riding with friends their age and do all sorts of outdoor activities but they always bring a cell phone along and tell us exactly where they will be. They are mature enough, in our opinion, to look out for each other, exercise relatively good judgement and use their common sense. " Now I am no expert on Canadian law, but depending on how far your 10 and 13 year old live from school or how far they venture out with friends on their bikes, wouldn't this make you equally as negligent as this Florida mother by allowing your daughters to play unsupervised? In case you missed that part of the story about the cell phone while doing your research, here is a link: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/os-mom-arrested-son-walked-park-20140730,0,5477432.story You also mentioned that the 7 year old boy never made it to the park. But in the actual police report cited in the following link, the boy was in the park. Again, a misstatement of fact to bolster your argument, or a simple oversight Joe? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/29/mom-arrested-allowing-7-year-old-son-walk-park-alo/ You also stated that the boy ran across 6 lanes of traffic running to the park and away from the lifeguards. You might have noticed in some of the links that the mother points out that her son is aware of the proper way to cross the street and uses the crosswalks. As far as your comments about me personally are concerned: "We happen to know the person who posted this. He has a solid reputation and we trust him .He is probably speaking from authority, we might think, so we instantly assume that both, the title and his comments are accurate. " You simply assume too much Joe. I simply posted a link to a news story that I found disturbing and wrote how the made me feel. YOU immediately jumped in and agreed with the decision to arrest her and YOU began making comparisons to how things work in Canada compared to the US, all based on what I wrote and the link I provided. If you dislike the direction this conversation has taken particularly on those matters, you have nobody to blame but yourself. If my opinions trouble you so much Joe, just ignore them in the future. If you're looking for someplace to voice your opinion where more people agree with your side of an argument, try the political forum. I hear it's a real hoot.

Sorry LOC. You must have been on vacation the last time we discussed this. http://www.xtremeidiots.com/topic/46419-go-fk-yourself-all-male-xi/?hl=all+male#entry495235

You don't want mine, I know where they've been.

Hxtr still speaks fondly of his time spent with you Bart. He especially loved the time you spent together spooning on the couch watching Queer Eye for the Straight Guy re-runs. Don't get me started on how much he raves about the roast beef dinner you cooked for him.

Wow, how far did you have to dig to find that one in a feeble attempt to keep from looking like a complete ass? The Irish portion was signed on 8/1/1800 but it was officially enacted on 1/1/1801.

Congrats Nitro. Did Rugger tell you that you have to buy each of the previous MOTM's a case of beer?

Actually Ter, Joe said she should be locked up. Call it overly dramatic if you like, it's a pretty extreme attitude to have in order to prevent something that is very rare, in Canada and the US, regardless of what the media headlines may saying. A stranger abducting and killing your child has about the same odds as any of us winning the jackpot of a lottery. The world has become a pretty fucked up place when people are free to kill their unborn children through abortion, and those who decide to have kids are told how to raise them by government with threats of arrest, while the people who actually do rape and murder kids get out of prison to do it again.

The only times I was ever physically injured growing up was at age 7 when I broke my leg on a trampoline at a neighbors house while they and my parents were watching, and another time when they were building a 3 story house in our neighborhood when I was 8. We were getting a tour of the construction when a board I was walking on gave away. I fell from the attic straight through (30 feet) the house to the concrete basement floor. I wound up with a triple compound fracture in my right arm and a concussion. I lived through it all and did many more dangerous things in my teens. But I learned right and wrong from my parents and enough common sense being out on my own from the age of 6 to avoid getting killed. Kids will always do things that are dangerous to themselves and others. Keeping them locked up in a house afraid to step outside without mommy and daddy isn't doing them any favors in the long run. All you are doing is creating young adults who aren't suited to deal with life on their own and will always look to their parents for protection and a bail out. If you feel that somebody should be locked up for child neglect, go after parents who are "supervising" their kids while drunk or high, or those who keep unsecured firearms in the house, not the ones who send them out to play at the park.

Bullet heard about your offer and is giving everybody a free BJ. You'll have to up your game if you want to compete with that.

The Sims seems to be one of the most popular games for girls today, and you can buy it on CD. My 17 year old still plays it a lot and has been for years. It can be played online or just from your PC.

Bullet acutally kept playing after getting bashed 5 times by DW? That must be some kind of record because Bullet usually rage quits after just 1 bash.

I believe that the moron who started this birthday wish meant to wish Deathwave UK a happy birthday, not the entire country. Happy birthday Deathwave.

Just curious Joe and Pete, at what age in Canada is it illegal to leave a child unsupervised, and does that include inside and outside of the home? So if my wife and I work full time, and my kids walk home from school and are home alone for 3-4 hours, should I expect a visit from CPS? If I own a 500 acre ranch and let my 7 year old son walk on our property, am I breaking the law? If my 3 pre-teen kids are playing basket ball with some other neighbor kids of the same age a few doors down from my house (but are out of my sight) am I breaking Canadian law? I realize you guys think the US is a hell hole with gun toting perverts lurking behind every bush, but toss these numbers around in your head for a few minutes. in 2012 there were almost 800,000 missing person reports filed in the US. Out of that huge number, 112 were stranger abductions. The rest were runaways, parent abductions and a ton of kids that forgot to tell their parents they were spending the night at a friends house. In that same period of time, around 12,000 kids were killed in car accidents. My question to you guys is this. Should people keep their kids locked up inside eating junk food and sitting in front of a computer to become adults that don't know how to function in public, or should they go outside, get excercise, learn how to interract with their peers (in person rather than by text or or Facebook) in order to become more independent and well rounded adults? Should I never take them in a car for fear of them getting killed in a car accident? Where do you draw the line in order to keep your kids safe? Life is full of risk for all of us from the moment we are born. Would any of us be the adults we are today if we hadn't learned to become independent and a few hard lessons growing up?

Don't worry Logan, that's just the beer talking, and maybe some heroin.

So just so I understand you correctly Joe, any parent who lets their 7 year old kid play 1/2 mile from home without adult supervision should be in jail? Wow, by the sound of things I'm glad I'm not growing up in Canada.

I walked to school beginning in the first grade. It was about a mile and I always walked with friends. Walking to and from school was just another fun part of the day to hang out with friends. Yes we got into shit sometimes, but our parents didn't worry about our safety nearly as much as people do today. Do we have more kidnappers/pedophiles now than 40-50 years ago? Should we make our kids shut-ins because of what "could" happen?

We always complain that we wish things were more like they were when most of us were younger. Getting out of the house to play instead of sitting around on a computer or playing video games all the time. It looks like they're trying to outlaw outdoor activities by arresting parents of 7 year old kids playing alone outside. What the fuck is the world coming to? Is this change for the better? http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/mom-arrested-for-letting-son-7-go-to-park-alone

The length of Window's nose doesn't count.

Bullet, there was a scientific study done at Harvard which proved kids who played with those games had severely stunted penis growth. Here is a link to the study. www.LittlePrickBullet.com

The last extended power outage we had here my wife got pregnant. Luckily for me I was out of town on business so I didn't have to deal with the inconvenience of being without lights.

Maybe your friend would enjoy being with you "and" some random woman from a club.

Thanks Boss. Looking forward to a better ping on the TDM server. It's been high forever.