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May 31, 2008
Karsten's birthday party Part 2
Turns out Karsten's green(er) birthday party is morally questionable.
Karsten had gone to a laser tag party earlier in the year and decided that's what he wanted to do for his party too. Sounded good to me. I didn't have to host a bunch of 7 year olds destroying my house. I had never played laser tag but had been invited for team building exercises at work.
When my mom asked what laser tag is Andy described it as "shooting lasers at targets on each other." My mom looked a bit shocked.
Now one of the mom's has told me laser tag goes against everything they teach their children and they cannot participate in the laser tag but her kids can show up for the cake part.
Ohhhh no.
Will Karsten's party turn the kids into mass murders or desensitized human beings?
I'm torn between people over reacting but also appreciating the parents' concern. This could be our last laser tag trip. Or not. I'll see how the whole thing goes down tomorrow.
And for the record, I asked my British friend Mike yesterday about his thoughts and he said he was surprised that Andy and I would host a laser tag party for our seven year old. Any one else care to comment on the moral state of laser tag for American children?
Posted by jana at May 31, 2008 11:47 AM
Comments
Do you really want to morality advice from me? Sure. It's better than paintball.
Posted by: dunsany at May 31, 2008 12:53 PM
you spend your time fighting cyber crime and haven't turned to the dark side... so of course! Your morality advice is much appreciated.
Good to know. No paintball.
Posted by: Jana Kleitsch at May 31, 2008 2:05 PM
Maybe it's the Kentucky air that's starting to get to me, but it seems like it would be more important to teach your kids the difference between shooting a harmless game laser at someone and shooting a real gun at someone. Maybe if the guns were shaped like hearts and they shot love instead of lasers they would be okay with it.
Posted by: ben c at June 1, 2008 11:01 AM