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yawarakaijin
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 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: Video games, the military, and you. |
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Quite an interesting little read and there seems to be some evidence to support the the Army is violating some serious laws in targeting children under 17 for recruitment.
http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children |
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ddeubel
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:26 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, just one more reckless anti - American who won't see that individuals are responsible for their own welfare and behavior.
UGH..... As if the rest of the world doesn't bombard their youth with images of war and mayhem and "come live the good life". Let's be even handed, please.....
Just like in the movie theater when they see those great trailers about the army and the good life -- if you don't like 'em, walk out. That's the American way. If you walk out, you can only take it one way....
DD
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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A dozen or so years ago I got the notion that Nintendo was the Japanese revenge for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A payback to take over your minds.
Then I realized the plot is even more dastardly than that. |
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yawarakaijin
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| ddeubel wrote: |
Yeah, just one more reckless anti - American who won't see that individuals are responsible for their own welfare and behavior.
UGH..... As if the rest of the world doesn't bombard their youth with images of war and mayhem and "come live the good life". Let's be even handed, please.....
Just like in the movie theater when they see those great trailers about the army and the good life -- if you don't like 'em, walk out. That's the American way. If you walk out, you can only take it one way....
DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com |
Being sarcastic there dd? Where is anything I wrote demostrably anti-american? I said it was an interesting read without any commetary of my own.
Hell, I doubt you even read the entire article. You probably got as far as children being marketed violent videogames and then went off on your rant.
Go back, read it again. Highlight some of the accusations that suggest the American military is actively recruiting minors, then perhaps we can have an non-reactionary discussion. The article is about much more than big bad scary bush out there to eat our children.
I've seen quite a few of your posts in the past and quite frankly I'm
disappointed by this one.
What do you think about this?
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| According to Colonel Wardynski, who originally thought up selling the Army to children through video games, "a well executed game would put the Army within the immediate decision-making environment of young Americans |
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According to Colonel Wardynski, players who play for a long time and do extremely well may "just get an e-mail seeing if [they'd] like any additional information on the Army." |
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| Most troubling of all, these recruitment and training techniques are targeted at children. Apart from sanitizing the violence of war, the Army toned down the gore in the game to get a Teen rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board |
Anyone knows that if you are marketing a game for people to enjoy simply for the mere fun of it you make it as gory as possible as that is what sells in the current market. Why do you think the gore was tuned down in order to attrack a younger market? Because they want all children to enjoy the thrill of combat??  |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:37 am Post subject: |
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| Being sarcastic there dd? Where is anything I wrote demostrably anti-american? I said it was an interesting read without any commetary of my own. |
-- read "I know this to be true"
-- read " how the author wants to paint it"
-- read "there are some laws more serious than others and I I I I I I I I I think this is serious"
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| http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children |
-- read - leftist, anti-american, unpatriotic rag and dime, flapping at the mouth.
To wit; No I didn't read the article. I believe the military would never do this and your assumptions otherwise are just some subconscious attempt at revenge for being such a poor video game player and virtual killer. Get over it.
PS. It was the communists that went by the motto - "get 'em young". So can't be Americans doing this.... Unless you are saying Americans are Communists and that would be crazy! So everything must be A Ok.
DD
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yawarakaijin
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| Ok its official dd is on crack. What the fuk are you even talking about? |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| yawarakaijin wrote: |
| Ok its official dd is on crack. What the fuk are you even talking about? |
He is trying, unsuccessfully, to teach us a poetic lesson about anti-Americanism from a poorly done impersonation of Gopher. He's prolly high from his aromatherapy candles again. |
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