Fugitive: Dangerous Game of Cat and Mouse or a Phantom Menace?

ParentDish, there was just an article elsewhere on the internet (I think The Frisky, but I can't remember for sure) about "growing trend" articles. They're largely bullshit because it never actually becomes a trend. One girl who claims there are more like her is not a trend. It's a girl, her stupid friends and a loud of crap to keep her out of trouble or make it interesting. Just like rainbow parties and those stupid jelly "code" bracelets of 2005. It never happened or it wasn't taken seriously. Therefore, it's not news and you shouldn't waste space and time reporting on it.

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I can't believe I wasted 8 seconds of my life reading this absolutely pointless article, ugh.

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I can assure you this is total B.S. All these things about dangerous teen trends aren't even true.

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Any wonder why all these foreign people are ahead of us & taking American jobs & trying to take over this country ? !! American kids are nothing but > drug addicts > game addicts > sex addicts & Totally Stupid & LAZY to even Stand up for their own Country !! I'm 68 yrs old & totally disgusted with American Kids !!

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I agree this is a stupid article and as a youth pastor, parent of a 16yr old and also a xray tech in many hospitals I can tell you this is not a trend or a issue. So what if they chase each other what do they do when they "get them"? Do they say tag your it and run themselves?

For all you sick of American teenagers you should be pointing the fingers back at yourself. These teens DON"T make the movies, DON"T make the video games, DON"T produce the music, DON"T write the movie scripts! ITs OUR generation that did that and yours also. They are a product of what WE put out and forced them to become.

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A few years ago in my town, a couple guys were playing tag. A woman pulled out in front of one of them, not realizing the speed he was traveling to catch his advisary. The young man swerved into the right lane to avoid hitting the woman. He sweved to far. Caught the curb and went up onto a grass back yard. The speed he wa going, it was like ice. He wrapped the car around a tree and the car burst into flames. He got out and suffered minor injuries. However the flames took over the car so fast his girlfriend burned to death right infront of him. No, playing tag on city streets is perfectly safe.

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and for all you parents or concerned people out there you should be monitoring your kids car use anyway, you give them money for gas, at 3 bucks a gallon who can afford to play this stupid game? I know I would notice if my son keep asking for gas money! Most kids are playing hide and seek at walmart, paintball, flash mobbing or video games. If you want to teach them something cool to have fun show them letterboxing or GeoCaching! Let them volunteer and serve others.

We place blame on kids becasue we dont' expect them to do any different. I place high expecations on my son and those in my youth ministry to do the things people dont' expect them to do.

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A hand full of dumb asses and vacant parents does not make an epidemic.

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Where is the parental supervision?

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I remember playing Fugitive eight years ago, when I was a college freshman. It IS basically hide and go seek, but over a greater distance than normal hide and go seek (one to five miles was normal for our games). We always used common sense (no getting out of cars, the way you caught someone was to catch them in a circle of light (usually a flashlight or, less commonly, headlights), no driving over 15 mph, etc), and we usually only played it once or twice a month. If anything, Fugitive's only as risky as the kids who are playing it make it. If proper guidelines are set up, it's usually okay.

However, I will be the first person to admit that teens can do really dumb things, because they think they can live forever. It's part of their brain development. Give them a couple of years, and they'll be the ones on these boards saying what most adults are saying.

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Honestly, there doesn't even have to be cars involved. I will admit to playing this game a few times, but before I could drive. If a teen has a car, they're generally gonna go find something better to do with their time than waste their gas, that is if they pay for it. If parents are so worried about how their kids drive, make them pay for their own cars, and insurance. My parents did, and I have never had an accident, the worst that has ever happened is a door ding, It's time for parents to accept some of the blame as well. Not saying it's all their fault though...

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They are not just crashing into trees. They are crashing into innocent victims who are not involved at high rates of speed killing not on the innocent but themselves. This is not a new game it has been going on for a few years. I see it often on the freways of California and have seen it on city streets. Very often they go by so fast I cannot get the full license and a description of the driver and vehicle. I was passed on Interstate 580 in Oakland by two vehcles with young people chasing each other and not 3 miles later saw the result of the chase when one of the vehicles plwed into the rear of a vehicle that had backed up in traffic. I read later the young person died as did two others in the vehicle he struck. We read about them often but law enforcement fails to recognize what is occurring. As for the officer who thinks it is no big deal. It is worse than he thinks, he just has not wittnessed it. I hope neither he nor any of his family have to expierence the aftrmath of one of the crashes.

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Sure, it's a stupid "game". Hide & go seek mentality (I grew out of it when I was about 6) with a car. F'n brilliant. Teenagers notoriously do stupid things without regard for consequences. I've raised three, I've seen it all and I'm glad they're still alive. Best advice on teenagers comes from Judge Judy: how do you know when a teenager is lying? When their mouth is moving. Amen to that. Don't worry. They DO grow out of it.

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