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Originally posted by Beachcoma
reply to post by UM_Gazz
Originally posted by stumason
In real life, should I ever be in such a position, I wouldn't do that.
Originally posted by UM_Gazz
reply to post by stumason
Welcome to the gamer era where the desensitized can easily accept the deaths and displacement of millions and can be seen as a necessary means to reach the next level and hopefully win the game.
Originally posted by stumason
Any intelligent, responsible adult can distinguish between a game and reality.
For example, on Medieval Total War 2 I will execute ALL prisoners and pillage EVERY city, killing tens of thousands.
In real life, should I ever be in such a position, I wouldn't do that.
In ARMA: Armoured Assault, I specifically design missions that have towns full of civilians, for a realistic feel. Some of them get brutally killed by accident, some I might execute if I cannot find the enemy.
In real life, I wouldn't do that.
Plenty more examples I could cite, but I play far too many games!
Originally posted by Infoholic
But 1,200,000 Iraqis isn't genocide... it's liberation?
from an article on AlterNet | Is the United States Killing 10,000 Iraqis Every Month? Or Is It More?
300 Iraqis killed by Americans each day sounds like an impossible figure, but a close look at the reported numbers of violent deaths and rate of armed patrols makes it all too likely.
from the article
That wasn't the worst of it, because the death rate was increasing precipitously, and during the first half of 2006 the monthly rate was approximately 30,000 per month, a rate that no doubt has increased further during the ferocious fighting associated with the current American surge.
Originally posted by xpert11
Iraq is something beyond a disaster I hope that the American right who called its detractors anti American and traitors are happy. I am going to remember that kind of treatment for a very long time.