"A booklet dispatched by Britain's Labor government urges teachers to ban the game of musical chairs on grounds it encourages aggression."

"'A little bit of competition is fine, but with musical chairs the competition is not fair because it is always the biggest and strongest children who win,' says author, Sue Finch" (Reuters - LONDON, The Washington Post, May 24, 2000).

Do you have experience with musical chairs? Do you find musical chairs too aggressive? Do you believe games should be banned on the basis of the 'inadequacies' of the people who play them?

Send your comments to george@loper.org and the most representative will be posted with full attribution.

To date, comments have been received from Paul Goldman and Linda Martin.