"War On Terror" Board Game Confiscated In UK

An anonymous reader writes "The board game The War On Terror is a satirical game in which George Bush's 'Axis of Evil' is reduced to a spinner in the middle of the board, which determines which player is designated a terrorist state. That person then has to wear a balaclava (included in the box set) with the word 'Evil' stitched onto it. Kent police said they had confiscated the game because the balaclava 'could be used to conceal someone's identity or could be used in the course of a criminal act.' Balaclavas are freely sold all over the place in the area." Schneier has blogged this stupidity, of course.

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Re:Police thugs

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It's not really. I suppose to some extent whether treating black people or homosexuals as human beings is subjective too. I mean you can find anyone who can justify anything through some logic or another. Just look at George Bush, he really thinks he's doing what's best for the country.

Philosophy aside, any well informed rational analysis will show that marijuana prohibition does more harm than good. The public has simply been scared into this disasterous policy. It's really a triumph of the American propaganda system.

The idea that something less addictive and less toxic than caffeine is more illegal than cocaine or morphine is absurd, and that's supportable by facts. The fact that marijuana arrests now outnumber violent crime arrests is further proof of this injustice. The police are perpetrating more violent crimes than they're punishing!