It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Entertainment => Topic started by: Pandora on August 05, 2013, 07:51:42 PM
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Let the great debate begin. (http://hotair.com/archives/2013/08/05/video-the-great-jeopardy-swindle/)
On behalf of the “don’t give him the money” position: Rules are rules, and the little guy needs to learn that sometimes there are disappointments in life. It’s character-building. Let him slide this time and before you know it he’ll be dealing drugs.
On behalf of the “c’mon” position: C’mon. C’mon.
Until now a fan and regular watcher of the quiz show, Thomas said this episode cost “Jeopardy!” a fan. It likely has cost the show some adult fans, too.
Yah, well, not me. "It's a picky, picky little show." - Alex Trebeck, some while ago.
This is the fault of the kid's parents, for not teaching him that there are rules, one must play by them, and no f'g whining. Especially to the damn presstitutes.
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I saw the show. Live. The absurdity here is that IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE EITHER WAY. The kid from Kentucky won so dramatically that there was NO DIFFERENCE no matter how the host or judges ruled. Why whine about anything that makes no difference? Perhaps it strengthens one's vocal chords? Nah. It just gives someone else the blame for failure. Be proud of how far you came, and then shut up.
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Nation of Victims, Part 18,437
Teach them early for a full life as a successful victim.
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And just why the hell is this news worthy?
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A future democrat voter.
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My older boy was among the last two standing in the district spelling bee in 5th grade. The rules are, no starting and stopping; no stammering; no changing your mind after you say a letter. You carefully think out the word - write it down if you need to - gain your composure, and recite each letter clearly.
His word was "juggernaut". He wrote it down, and recited. I noticed when he spoke his "J" sounded just a little bit like "G", but it was clear to me he said "J". He was in a hurry, didn't compose himself, and didn't articulate clearly.
They called him on it. He didn't wilt. He didn't whine. He didn't protest. He smiled, came and sat down by his mom and I, and showed us that he had written it down correctly, and just misspoke. It was an excellent lesson in rules, sportsmanship, "fairness", and handling disapointment.
I didn't have to seize any opportunity to teach those lessons at that moment, because my son had already learned them by age 10. He incorporated the lesson into his experience and moved on.
But if your kid hadn't learned them by that point, why wouldn't any parent seize an opportunity like the one presented here to teach such lessons? I guess the answer lies in the fact that the Jeopardy kid reached that age without having learned those lessons. Yeah, I'm kinda patting my wife and I on the back.
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I read the controversy results from Jeopardy NOT dinging adults on minor spelling errors. Is that so?
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Yeah, I'm kinda patting my wife and I on the back.
and you should ::thumbsup::