USPS destroys entire run of stamps because "safety"

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Oct 10, 2013 4:11 PM
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

Oct 10, 2013 4:11pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:12 PM
A handstand without a helmet. Handstand. Helmet.

Oct 10, 2013 4:12pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:15 PM
Very accurate they used a black person for the "shoot hoops - leaping" stamp which shows a basketball player.
Oct 10, 2013 4:15pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:17 PM
Very accurate they used a black person for the "shoot hoops - leap" stamp.
Oct 10, 2013 4:17pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:18 PM
WHY ISN'T THE BASEBALL PLAYER WEARING A HELMET?!?!?!
Oct 10, 2013 4:18pm
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Nick Mangold

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Oct 10, 2013 4:19 PM
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.
Oct 10, 2013 4:19pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:19 PM
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?
Oct 10, 2013 4:19pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:20 PM
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.
Oct 10, 2013 4:20pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:25 PM
Soccer player isn't wearing shin guards.

Toss juggle should be wearing safety goggles. He's gonna poke an eye out.
Oct 10, 2013 4:25pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:29 PM
The runner has pretty good form.
Oct 10, 2013 4:29pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:30 PM
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!
Oct 10, 2013 4:30pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:34 PM
The cartwheel is pretty irresponsible. What if her wrist snapped?
Oct 10, 2013 4:34pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:36 PM
This was the most reckless set of stamps I've ever seen.
Oct 10, 2013 4:36pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:38 PM
The person stretching is going to fall off of that rock. They'll probably get a bruise in the process.
Oct 10, 2013 4:38pm
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Oct 10, 2013 4:45 PM
That isn't a pool but a puddle in the cannonball stamp. They're going to be horribly mangled by the impact.
Oct 10, 2013 4:45pm
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Oct 10, 2013 5:08 PM
I thought maybe this thread would be about toxic glue (eventhough most stamps are self-adhesive now).
Oct 10, 2013 5:08pm
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Oct 10, 2013 5:24 PM
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.
Oct 10, 2013 5:24pm
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Oct 10, 2013 5:54 PM
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
Oct 10, 2013 5:54pm
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Oct 10, 2013 7:14 PM
I was hoping to purchase the ones with the 8 years old playing jarts.
Oct 10, 2013 7:14pm
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Oct 10, 2013 9:01 PM
ccrunner609;1516141 wrote:A girl able to climb a rope.....totally misleading
She gets picked first at recess.
Oct 10, 2013 9:01pm
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Oct 10, 2013 11:29 PM
I seriously want to meet the person who first thought this was a good idea.
Oct 10, 2013 11:29pm
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Oct 10, 2013 11:57 PM
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?
Oct 10, 2013 11:57pm
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Oct 11, 2013 12:07 AM
justincredible;1516201 wrote:So you can slap them, right?
Eh, I was just thinking a very public shaming.
Oct 11, 2013 12:07am
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Oct 11, 2013 3:32 PM
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."
Oct 11, 2013 3:32pm
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Oct 11, 2013 3:33 PM
"...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.
Oct 11, 2013 3:33pm