MMA and the nanny state


	MMA and the nanny state

sillysam

6-4-2008 1:05 PM

204 views

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from June 4, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3504e01a-7e5e-4658-a788-49eeed29eabd/5FC29AF3-0345-4BB7-B7BB-6B3B95F4223A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2008/06/04/will_mccain_let_us_fight?page=2" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2008/06/04/will_mccain_let_us_fight?page=2" style="font-size: 11px;">townhall.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2008/06/04/will_mccain_let_us_fight?page=2"><P>	"Nonsense," said moms at the gym. They told me the mayor was clueless and that MMA is little different from karate or judo classes. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2008/06/04/will_mccain_let_us_fight?page=2"><P>	The mayor replied that some parents just don't know what's good for their kids. He'd heard that MMA is unsafe. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2008/06/04/will_mccain_let_us_fight?page=2"><P>	It's not surprising that he'd heard that, since predictably, the media hypes every danger.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2008/06/04/will_mccain_let_us_fight?page=2"><P>	No sport is injury free. Over six years, 77 kids died after being hit in the chest with baseballs. Every year hundreds die riding bikes. No one has yet gathered comparative statistics on the risk of MMA, but even cheerleading sends 25,000 kids to hospital emergency rooms (http://tinyurl.com/695qly).
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2008/06/04/will_mccain_let_us_fight?page=2"><P>	Parents aren't responsible enough? The politicians need to make these decisions for them?
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2008/06/04/will_mccain_let_us_fight?page=2"><P>	He replied, "Parents do have a chance to decide that through their elected officers. That's what a democracy is all about." 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2008/06/04/will_mccain_let_us_fight?page=2"><P>	Really? I had no idea democracy was about voting on who gets to tell you how to raise your kids. 
</P><P>	Give me a break!</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5FC29AF3-0345-4BB7-B7BB-6B3B95F4223A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from sillysam

Today's Top Clips