Jack Thompson Claiming Games Industry in Collusion with DoD

mytrip brings us a Wired blog about Jack Thompson's recent press release, which claims an "unholy alliance" exists between the gaming industry and the U.S. Department of Defense. Game Politics also has a discussion of Thompson's main points. From Wired: "Jim Blank, the head of the modeling and simulation division of the U.S. Joint Forces Command, says that commercial games don't meet the demand of the military, adding, 'first-person shooter games really don't apply in this environment.' Blank's point is that game-like simulations are a valuable tool for training soldiers in situations that would be too expensive to simulate in reality."

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Wait

[MerrickStar]

If he's speaking out against the Department of Defense, a branch of the government, doesn't that mean he's in league with the terrorists?

Could it be, that one of the most complained about things on /. could take care of an other?

The Patriot Act gets Thompson tossed in Guantanamo for an unspecified period, then there's one less problem to worry about.

Probably too good to be true, but we could dream.

Re:and?

[Dragonslicer]

My Chumash translates tir'tzeach as "murder". My Hebrew-English dictionary translates "kill" as harag or hemit. My guess would be that "kill" is the incorrect translation.