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Seven Arrested After Protesting Army Video Game Recruiting Center

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-mean-there's-more-to-the-army-than-halo? dept.

GamePolitics writes "Seven anti-war protesters were arrested in Philadelphia on Saturday during a protest rally and march which targeted the Army Experience Center, a high-tech recruitment center which uses PC and Xbox games and simulations to attract potential recruits. GamePolitics was on hand to cover the protest, and took video of the arrests. A local news station also reported on the rally, and the Peace Action Network released a statement saying, "In its desperate approach to meet recruiting numbers, the military is teaching the wrong values to teenagers. Sugarcoating combat experience with virtual war is a dishonor to those with real war experience."

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  1. Re:This is America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can't continue to protest on private property once the owner asks you to leave or you are trespassing. Trespassing is an arrestable offense.

    So simple a caveman would get it.

  2. Re:So... by smchris · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dude, that's like 43 these days.