Gaming Memories Helping to Heal Katrina Wounds

waterlogged writes "Lara Crigger writes a compelling account of the effects of hurricane Katrina on a person's sense of videogames in The Escapist. From the article: 'Hurricanes destroy more than just property; they destroy the sense of property, as well. They smash that universal belief that objects intrinsically carry some emotional gravity or weight. Acts of destruction remind us that physical substances are only equal to the exact sum of their parts: Plastic and cotton, metal or wood. What's left over is a painful buoyancy, an unbearable absence of feeling; you mourn not just your lost PS2 games or your Xbox controllers but also the fact that these once precious things have been proven completely meaningless. Even if they do remain intact after the storm (like the Samus poster), the only entity that really survives is you.'"

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Re:Wow, you're fucked up in the head

[packeteer]

What you just said was not very centrist. You seem to side with Isreal. Nobody says Isreal shoudl nto be able to defend itself but giving low level soldiers little to no rules of engagement and sending them into a fight against people who they have been taught to hate? What the hella do you think is going to happen. The overuse of force is just as morally wrong as the random missle attacks on Isreal the difference is that for every citizen of Isreal who dies there will be dozens of arab's that die.

And would everyone please stop talking about how this is Isreal vs. Muslims. Lebanon is 40% Christain. This is not Isreal vs. Muslims, its Isreal vs. anyone not jewish. They dont even like other jews who don't believe is Zionism. Isreal is self reightous and murder children... EXACTLY the same as Hezbollah.

It may sound like I am defending Hezbollah but I am not. The reality is that the fighting is murderers vs. murderers and the people who really lose are the civilians on both sides.