Comments on: CSI For Kids http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:47:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Emick http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-19585 Jennifer Emick Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:05:05 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/#comment-19585 I know I wish they had that stuff when I was a kid...wow. I know I wish they had that stuff when I was a kid…wow.

]]> By: Michael http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-19582 Michael Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:02:26 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/#comment-19582 <blockquote>It seems like you can’t play cops and robbers anymore if you’re a kid. You can only play cops.</blockquote> Yeah right! ever heard of Grand Thft Auto? I was at blockbuster a while ago, and a 7 year old and his 9 year old brother were renting that game with their 19 year old sister. I know because the clerk tried to talk her out of it, but she rented the game for them. So right now, little timmy is mugging people and stealing cars thanks to his trusty X-Box.... But you do have a point. CSI is like the new Pokemon.

It seems like you can’t play cops and robbers anymore if you’re a kid. You can only play cops.

Yeah right! ever heard of Grand Thft Auto? I was at blockbuster a while ago, and a 7 year old and his 9 year old brother were renting that game with their 19 year old sister. I know because the clerk tried to talk her out of it, but she rented the game for them. So right now, little timmy is mugging people and stealing cars thanks to his trusty X-Box…. But you do have a point. CSI is like the new Pokemon.

]]> By: James http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-19571 James Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:06:39 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/#comment-19571 I agree with Alec. Kids are just plain curious. Some kids will be into forensics to solve crimes; others will be into it the same way that criminals watch shows like "Cops" and "CSI": to see what NOT to do. In March I went to a museum exhibit on the mysterious Bog People (http://www.nhm.org/bogpeople/) and at the end of the exhibit, there was a "BSI" forensics lab that let visitors "examine" the relics for evidence as to how they died. It was actually a pretty cool interactive part of the exhibit... and I don't even watch "CSI". The point: Forensics is a huge market now, and everyone from toy makers to museum curators are using it to draw people to their products. I agree with Alec. Kids are just plain curious. Some kids will be into forensics to solve crimes; others will be into it the same way that criminals watch shows like “Cops” and “CSI”: to see what NOT to do.

In March I went to a museum exhibit on the mysterious Bog People (http://www.nhm.org/bogpeople/) and at the end of the exhibit, there was a “BSI” forensics lab that let visitors “examine” the relics for evidence as to how they died. It was actually a pretty cool interactive part of the exhibit… and I don’t even watch “CSI”.

The point: Forensics is a huge market now, and everyone from toy makers to museum curators are using it to draw people to their products.

]]> By: Ant http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-19562 Ant Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:11:18 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/#comment-19562 [The CSI facial reconstruction kit, that is.] [The CSI facial reconstruction kit, that is.]

]]> By: Ant http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-19561 Ant Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:10:39 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/#comment-19561 Hilarious! I own one! :) Hilarious! I own one! :)

]]> By: Alec http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-19560 Alec Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:32:36 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/31/csi-for-kids/#comment-19560 I don't know, Tim, this stuff sounds pretty cool. You go ahead and blog or whatever, but I'm gonna go play with my new Fisher-Price "My First Bloodstain Analysis Kit". <blockquote>It seems like you can’t play cops and robbers anymore if you’re a kid. You can only play cops.</blockquote> Hogwash! Mark my words - many an enterprising youth will apply the knowledge they gain from these "toys" toward subverting forensic science. I don’t know, Tim, this stuff sounds pretty cool. You go ahead and blog or whatever, but I’m gonna go play with my new Fisher-Price “My First Bloodstain Analysis Kit”.

It seems like you can’t play cops and robbers anymore if you’re a kid. You can only play cops.

Hogwash! Mark my words - many an enterprising youth will apply the knowledge they gain from these “toys” toward subverting forensic science.

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