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Google Maps Meets Carmen Sandiego
Craig Miller writes "What better way to end the weekend than by playing a game of Brewster Jennings Protects America? This new game is a Google Maps mashup with the classic 'Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego' style of game. Run around the world trying to stop a terrorist from carrying an attack. Pretty amusing game and it shows what you can do with the Google Maps API and a little imagination." Despite the jingoistic title and concept it's a lot of fun, and quite challenging on hard.
extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy (source m-w.com)
I don't really think of this as Jingoism. Fighting terrorists to prevent them from killing people in your country (particularly after they've done things like, say that they want to kill people in your country, is pretty natural.
Jingoism might be things like shooting illegal immigrants trying to run across the border from Mexico, such as the Minutemen are accused of doing. Notice the difference.
Separate discussion, but fair enough.
I didn't get to see it before the server went down, but it almost reads like you're chasing down a guy like bin Laden...i.e. someone that definitely qualifies as wanting to cause harm.
Of course, I think I'm taking this way too far at this point!
(As far as the separate discussion goes, with regards to Iran, I found this link on AndrewSullivan.com. Interesting stuff...Iran scares me more than Iraq for sure, especially given the recent comments about Isreal. Scary stuff.)
I find it funny that you're all bent up about people causing harm to you, but you're just as eager to cause harm to others (be them bin Laden or Iran).
After all, Iran should be equally scared of America. The American government resorted to props and obviously fake pictures to build up their "case" against Iraq. Remember Powell in front of the U.N.?
Don't paint yourself as the victim. You're not, and the world knows it.
Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
Because the Clinton or Kennedy Administrations never ever did anything unprovoked or invasionary.
Yea, it's all Bush doing this illegal and unprovoked stuff.
As for Iraq not posing a threat to the United States, thats not what Clinton, Gore and the majority of the United States House and Senate thought from 1990 to 2002.
I'm curious - what do you think was going on with Iraq for the last 15+ years? And what do you think Syria and Iran has been doing during that same time?
I'm no fan of the Bush Administration and am not keen to defend it's actions. However, I also find it a little odd that you use language that makes other players sound like innocent victoms of a bully superpower.
What was going on in Iraq for the last 15 years did not threaten the US in the slightest. There was no connection between Iraq and the four hijacked planes on 11th of September 2001. Osama Bin Laden reportedly hated Sadam because he maintained a relatively secular country. Even if the arguments of weapons of mass destruction were true, they wouldn't pose any threat to the US, or any other western country. Beyond that, Iraq's armed forces were relatively underpowered compared to many of the regional countries due to years of sanctions.
I don't think that anyone would argue that Sadam was a nice character, but he was far from the worst leader, even in the region. Additionally there are many other countries that are in far worse shape, and treat their people a lot worse than Iraq that have not received any attention from the US
In summary, I don't think anyone would argue that Sadam was innocent, but there is no doubt that the US was a bully superpower.
It would be better if they gave instructions. Seriously, can you tell me how to play this thing?
"What is Internet Explorer 7? Are you saying we can't access the normal internet?" - I love tech support. Really.
First rate trolling, sir. Congratulations.
Or, in the off case you're serious, I'd like to point out that we *can't* win a war by eradicating everyone who sees America as an irresponsible and arrogant world citizen. I'm not saying the solution is to go hug them, but you can't treat life like a game of Counter-Strike.
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Well, if you folks would simply stop overthrowing democratically elected governments and replacing them with psychotic tin-pot dictators for your own economic advantage, you wouldn't need to keep going back and overthrowing them every few years, now would you?
Yes yes, survival of the fittest. Ever notice how it's always the bully that espouses this philosophy?
Don't just stand there, get that other dog!
Ah, you have much to learn about anarchy. It's not all about slashing and burning. That's what makes democracies.