USPS destroys entire run of stamps because "safety"

• justincredible

  

  No, this is not the onion.
  

  The stamps in question depicted children performing a cannonball dive, skateboarding without kneepads, and doing a headstand without a helmet.

  http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/10/when-postage-stamps-are-too-dangerous-fo
  
  
• justincredible

  

  A handstand without a helmet. Handstand. Helmet.
  
  
• said_aouita

  

  Very accurate they used a black person for the "shoot hoops - leaping" stamp which shows a basketball player.
• said_aouita

  

  Very accurate they used a black person for the "shoot hoops - leap" stamp.
• justincredible

  

  WHY ISN'T THE BASEBALL PLAYER WEARING A HELMET?!?!?!
• justincredible

  

  Granted, they should have destroyed the entire run of stamps because they are really friggin' stupid. Or, I guess, never approved them and wasted the money in the first place. But to destroy them for the reasons given is absolutely asinine.
• Heretic

  

  justincredible;1516052 wrote:WHY ISN'T THE BASEBALL PLAYER WEARING A HELMET?!?!?!

  And why are they allowing someone to climb a rope unsupervised? People can fall off those things, you know?
• justincredible

  

  Heretic;1516055 wrote:And why are they allowing someone to climb a rope unsupervised? People can fall off those things, you know?

  Every child should be in full body armor. Always. Because safety.
• said_aouita

  

  Soccer player isn't wearing shin guards.
  
  Toss juggle should be wearing safety goggles. He's gonna poke an eye out.
• said_aouita

  

  The runner has pretty good form.
• Heretic

  

  justincredible;1516056 wrote:Every child should be in full body armor. Always. Because safety.

  Especially the one on the swing. Leaning back like that...man, that has to raise the odds of falling backwards off the thing and being in traction forever and ever. No prom for you, future cripple girl!
• justincredible

  

  The cartwheel is pretty irresponsible. What if her wrist snapped?
• I Wear Pants

  This was the most reckless set of stamps I've ever seen.
• justincredible

  

  The person stretching is going to fall off of that rock. They'll probably get a bruise in the process.
• I Wear Pants

  That isn't a pool but a puddle in the cannonball stamp. They're going to be horribly mangled by the impact.
• gut

  I thought maybe this thread would be about toxic glue (eventhough most stamps are self-adhesive now).
• I Wear Pants

  gut;1516082 wrote:I thought maybe this thread would be about toxic glue (eventhough most stamps are self-adhesive now).

  That would be a rational fear and worthy of destroying a run of stamps. This, not so much.
• Mohican00

  

  I Wear Pants;1516072 wrote:That isn't a pool but a puddle in the cannonball stamp. They're going to be horribly mangled by the impact.

  I'm just glad cannonball isn't a black person
• Sonofanump

  I was hoping to purchase the ones with the 8 years old playing jarts.
• Ironman92

  

  ccrunner609;1516141 wrote:A girl able to climb a rope.....totally misleading

  She gets picked first at recess.
• O-Trap

  

  I seriously want to meet the person who first thought this was a good idea.
• justincredible

  

  O-Trap;1516192 wrote:I seriously want to meet the person who first thought this was a good idea.

  So you can slap them, right?
• O-Trap

  

  justincredible;1516201 wrote:So you can slap them, right?

  Eh, I was just thinking a very public shaming.
• gut

  O-Trap;1516192 wrote:I seriously want to meet the person who first thought this was a good idea.

  "postage stamps meant to commemorate first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” youth anti-obesity program."
• gut

  "...raised safety concerns among sports figures on the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition"
  
  I'm going out on a limb and guessing the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition is probably not an essential govt function.