Summer of ‘67. I was 12, and moved from Ewa Beach to Hickam AFB. I went from playing around the house to having access to all the facilities on the base, and the bus to Honolulu. Back then no one thought twice about a 12 year old spending the day out in public alone. I’d spend the whole day around Waikiki/Ft. DeRussy beach. Or I could just walk over to Pearl Harbor, past the sub docks, and race slot cars.
Watch out Rich. Advocating people quit stifling their or worse yet children’s imaginations is darn near heresy these days.
. Why that could lead to all sorts of unnatural things. . After developing imagination they might, gasp, start thinking for them selves. If they start thinking for themselves, who knows, they might actually quit being so complacent about the way our government is handling things.. And then, oh it’s almost too horrible to think about, they might discover the writings of our founding fathers.. Can you just imagine someone reading Jefferson? When the people are afraid of the government, that is tyranny. When the government is afraid of the people, that is liberty. Why that’s just out and out a seditious kind of thinking, these days. Can’t have that now can we? .It’s a slippery slope you’re standing on Rich.
Confession: I used to work on computer games. Forgive me. On the upside, they were adventure games…nothing like you see nowadays: Handpainted backgrounds and hand-drawn animation back then. Those were the days! I also used to shoot at stuff in the Marines. I had lots of practice with my stick…but. I’m a Lover, not a Fighter!
I have always enjoyed your drawings; your characters are great. Yeah, its the smart phones that are making our imagination go soft. Our pastor is always admonishing all of us to go outside and look at nature, it’s the best game in town.
It is sad, but if a boy would try to do a “Groucho” impersonation with the pretzel stick now days, children protection services would probably step in, take the child away from his parents and place him in foster care, and charge the parents with child abuse.
When he was in kindergarten, my nephew got sent to the principal’s office for bending out the end of a paper clip and pretending it was a gun. The principal threatened to call the cops on him. Needless to say, he changed schools very soon afterwards.
A paperclip even when bent, makes a lousy gun. Some teachers and schools are really dumb. play in the dirt and get messy. it’s more fun than computer games anyway.
Ida No about 11 years ago
CD-ROMs don’t burn well. Use a wood chipper.
margueritem about 11 years ago
So sad…
alviebird about 11 years ago
Summer of ‘67. I was 12, and moved from Ewa Beach to Hickam AFB. I went from playing around the house to having access to all the facilities on the base, and the bus to Honolulu. Back then no one thought twice about a 12 year old spending the day out in public alone. I’d spend the whole day around Waikiki/Ft. DeRussy beach. Or I could just walk over to Pearl Harbor, past the sub docks, and race slot cars.
Tue Elung-Jensen about 11 years ago
Tbh I was thinking more in the line of some over protective people telling kids they shouldn´t imagine it being “violent” objects like guns.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 11 years ago
In Maryland, a boy was suspended because he used his finger as a gun.
rmacprivate about 11 years ago
. Why that could lead to all sorts of unnatural things. . After developing imagination they might, gasp, start thinking for them selves. If they start thinking for themselves, who knows, they might actually quit being so complacent about the way our government is handling things.. And then, oh it’s almost too horrible to think about, they might discover the writings of our founding fathers.. Can you just imagine someone reading Jefferson? When the people are afraid of the government, that is tyranny. When the government is afraid of the people, that is liberty. Why that’s just out and out a seditious kind of thinking, these days. Can’t have that now can we? .It’s a slippery slope you’re standing on Rich.
rich creator about 11 years ago
Confession: I used to work on computer games. Forgive me. On the upside, they were adventure games…nothing like you see nowadays: Handpainted backgrounds and hand-drawn animation back then. Those were the days! I also used to shoot at stuff in the Marines. I had lots of practice with my stick…but. I’m a Lover, not a Fighter!
prince valiant Premium Member about 11 years ago
I have always enjoyed your drawings; your characters are great. Yeah, its the smart phones that are making our imagination go soft. Our pastor is always admonishing all of us to go outside and look at nature, it’s the best game in town.
Larry Miller Premium Member about 11 years ago
Thy clod and they stick no longer comfort me. Or something like that.
kaecispopX about 11 years ago
It is sad, but if a boy would try to do a “Groucho” impersonation with the pretzel stick now days, children protection services would probably step in, take the child away from his parents and place him in foster care, and charge the parents with child abuse.
AStarofDestiny about 11 years ago
When he was in kindergarten, my nephew got sent to the principal’s office for bending out the end of a paper clip and pretending it was a gun. The principal threatened to call the cops on him. Needless to say, he changed schools very soon afterwards.
pam Miner about 11 years ago
A paperclip even when bent, makes a lousy gun. Some teachers and schools are really dumb. play in the dirt and get messy. it’s more fun than computer games anyway.