{"id":7951,"date":"2011-06-24T07:54:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T12:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertlpeters.com\/news\/?p=7951"},"modified":"2011-06-24T07:54:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T12:54:15","slug":"the-direct-use-of-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/the-direct-use-of-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Same shit. Different assholes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7954\" title=\"American\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertlpeters.com\/news2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/American.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7955\" title=\"British\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertlpeters.com\/news2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/British.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7956\" title=\"German\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertlpeters.com\/news2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/German.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7957\" title=\"Invaders\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertlpeters.com\/news2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/Invaders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7958\" title=\"Crusaders\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertlpeters.com\/news2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crusaders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">These &#8216;fine toys for boys&#8217; feature the ironic statement <em>&#8220;Not recommended for children under 36 months&#8221;<\/em> on the packaging\u2014manufactured in the 1970s by Matchbox, long part of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mattel\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Mattel, Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">, the world&#8217;s largest producer of plastic entertainment for children. Mattel is responsible for a virtual empire of toys for budding minds including the ever-empowering <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbie\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Barbie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> dolls that help girls grow up to become the well-rounded, well-mannered women we all know they have the potential to be, as well as the plethora of toxic Chinese-made toys under the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fisher_Price\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Fisher-Price<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> name [<em>Dora the Explorer<\/em>, <em>Sesame Street<\/em>] recalled of late due to hazards arising from the use of lead-based coloration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.<\/span> <\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u2014David Friedman<\/em><\/span><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. These &#8216;fine toys for boys&#8217; feature the ironic statement &#8220;Not recommended for children under 36 months&#8221; on the packaging\u2014manufactured in the 1970s by Matchbox, long part of Mattel, Inc., the world&#8217;s largest producer of plastic entertainment for children. Mattel is responsible for a virtual empire of toys for budding minds including the ever-empowering Barbie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,12,13,14,15,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}