TAG is being banned from school because it promotes a perception of dominance versus weakness, criminal behavior and a sense of fear and victimhood in those being chased. Kids being programmed into believing that chasing someone down and physically touching them could scar kids for life, either by instilling a fear in them of being chased down or producing the effect of instilling a thrill in some when chasing someone down and touching them.
Hide and Seek is also being considered for elimination. Closing one's eyes and then trying to find someone who is hiding may instill a fear or association in someone of coming home to an apartment and finding a criminal lurking there. It can also, again, promote the thrill of hiding, lurking, and getting away that might lead to burglary later in life.
Simon Says has already been targeted for elimination due to the projection of dominance and felling of servitude in those who must obey someone every specific command.
Dodge Ball is also on the list as it is a violent game of one attempting to strike someone with a foreign object, which might lead to violence as an adult or for one to engage in such acts as throwing rocks at police and rioting.
20 Questions is being considered because it promotes an air of intellectual superiority that may offend those who lose, damaging their psyche and ego.
The Liberal Institute is considering replacing these games for kids with more appropriate activities such as:
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'Place the Condom on the Cucumber', where kids learn to put into action learned classroom techniques to see who is faster at doing so
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'Name that Abortion', where kids attempt to correctly identify the described abortion as 'Abortion', 'Late Term', or 'Partial-Birth Abortion'
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'Blame That Bush', where kids hear a series of situations, scenarios, and historical events and decide whether or not to 'Blame That Bush' and if so WHICH Bush is to blame...