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"War On Terror" Board Game Confiscated In UK

Posted by kdawson on from the security-theater-as-low-comedy dept.

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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  1. Re:Police thugs by genmax · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seeing a one word reply saying "Exactly" modded Redundant sure brightened up my day.

  2. Re:Police thugs by courseofhumanevents · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seeing your comment about another comment being modded Redundant being modded Redundant being modded Redundant brightened up my day, too.

  3. Re:They need another card. by T.E.D. · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If you think that GWB is stupid and incompetent...He's neither. He's corrupt and power-hungry.

    I think we are both right here. :-)

    However, I could forgive the latter. The former is the real problem.

    And yes, almost any politician would have taken advantage of that situation

    That's just flat out wrong. History tells us it is wrong, because there have been much better excuses to do what he's done in the last 200 years.

    I know a lot of Reps like to spread this story these days. I think the alternative, that people should have voted for someone w/o the magic "(R)" after his name, is just too horrible for them to contemplate.

  4. Re:Police thugs by tubapro12 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seeing your comment about ano*** CARRIER LOST ***