"War On Terror" Board Game Confiscated In UK

Posted by kdawson on Friday August 15, 2008 @05:19AM 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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Re:Police thugs by DoofusOfDeath · 2008-08-15 05:54 · Score: 1, Troll

I agree with you there. Sometimes Police take matters in their own hands when they should be busy enforcing the actual laws on the books. In addition many police just act above the law when off duty simply because they are police during the day. Really the police should be policed more rigorously then the general public.
This doesn't strike me as a +5 "Insightful" comment. It's a broad-brushed rant with no supporting evidence. Even if it's true, it's not a novel idea. I suggest we stick with fact-based discussions.