Kids Play or Military Training?

Lando Griffin

Last Saturday I had my 3 1/2 year old toddler at a play centre.
I was sat back drinking a coffee and it suddenly struck me, this place is perfect to train children for somekind of child army of the future.
Everything resembled an army training course, there was rock climbing, a Zip wire and a large climbing area with rope ladders, rope bridges, scramble nets etc.
There was a large ball pit where children as young as 9 months were learning how to ambush other children.
I then noticed the almost chaotic like normality of their play, they all filed one after another to use the slides etc.
With the popularity of military type games ( stragity ) and now these play centres popping up in every worthwhile urban centre; is it to train them physically.
What is this world coming to?

phasers

Were you never brought to a play centre as a child? They've been around forever...

cyrusdvirus

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Last Saturday I had my 3 1/2 year old toddler at a play centre.
I was sat back drinking a coffee and it suddenly struck me, this place is perfect to train children for somekind of child army of the future.
Everything resembled an army training course, there was rock climbing, a Zip wire and a large climbing area with rope ladders, rope bridges, scramble nets etc.
There was a large ball pit where children as young as 9 months were learning how to ambush other children.
I then noticed the almost chaotic like normality of their play, they all filed one after another to use the slides etc.
With the popularity of military type games ( stragity ) and now these play centres popping up in every worthwhile urban centre; is it to train them physically.
What is this world coming to?

The children of today are the first line of defence against the lizard people of tomorrow

davet82

Lando Griffin wrote: »

What is this world coming to?

my thoughts exactly

Caveman1

Take a walk into Q-Zar and then you'll experience children ready for war :pac:

o1s1n

It's a disgrace Joe!

CardBordWindow

Buffer stock until the army recruitment ban is over!

token101

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Last Saturday I had my 3 1/2 year old toddler at a play centre.
I was sat back drinking a coffee and it suddenly struck me, this place is perfect to train children for somekind of child army of the future.
Everything resembled an army training course, there was rock climbing, a Zip wire and a large climbing area with rope ladders, rope bridges, scramble nets etc.
There was a large ball pit where children as young as 9 months were learning how to ambush other children.
I then noticed the almost chaotic like normality of their play, they all filed one after another to use the slides etc.
With the popularity of military type games ( stragity ) and now these play centres popping up in every worthwhile urban centre; is it to train them physically.
What is this world coming to?

Yeah you're dead right. We should stop this. I'm going to teach my kids how to cut stuff with spoons only. They might get the wrong idea and become like that guy in the Scream movies. Cos knives, knives are bad mmmmkay

foxyboxer

gatecrash wrote: »

The children of today are the first line of defence against the lizard people of tomorrow

Agreed, the lizard people's inability to use a zipwire will be their achilles heel.

Son Of A Vidic

So OP your kid is 3 1/2?

When he/she reaches 18, they might be conscripted into the EU army. First deployment will probably be over in Greece. Finishing off the last of the resistance, who tried to defy their Reich masters. So this early training will probably prove to be invaluable.

JohnMarston

First time i went to one of those places i was 8 years old, now im 25. I'm neither a military man nor would i want to be.

I would think first person shooting games, which are getting more and more realistic, are preparing the minds of the next generation to military service. And even then i would be skeptical of that

John Doe1

I think the spartans did something similar, you know who was a fan of the spartans: hitler. ipso facto you are a nazi sympathiser

Irish Guitarist

A child of about three years old once shot at me with a toy gun in a park. I didn't respond and he said "fuck you, you bastard". I'm sure the US military would love to have someone like that in their ranks.

CrazyRabbit

Rock climbing, zip wires? Where exactly is this play centre? It sounds great fun. I wonder if they'd let me in.

bonzodog2

3 1/2 is still a toddler now ?

kowloon

You should see the firing range they have out back.