"i don't see what the problem is. there haven't been any cases of abuse. if you don't want to be spied upon, then don't do suspicious things. how has the patriot act directly affected you?"
well....
"First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me."
With tinfoil hat on, it could certainly be argued that every game based on a real-life situation is political, at least subliminally - think about it, how many games have you seen where you play a US Army / Secret Service / CIA / NSA / whatever operative, on a secret mission to stop those evil nasty gooks who are hell-bent on destroying freedom (aka USA) at all costs?
Couldn't it also be argued that every single one of these games contributes on some level to the message "America is great - it's those foreigners you should fear and hate. Stay at home son, and join the US Army!" ?
Just out of interest, how many games have you heard about where you have to stop domestic terrorists?
I'm not trying to claim a deliberate attempt to indoctrinate, just that if you take a step back and view it from the outside (confession:I'm a Brit) then market forces have dictated an unnerving consensus.
OK, OK, I'll take my tinfoil hat off now.
Here, I'll even give you a start : -1 Troll
Yeah, they could be on e of the biggest, richest companies in the world, with a total dominance of the desktop OS and office suite markets.....oh, wait....
Can you imagine the fallout of an army major saying "gee Mr. JAG Officer, I had no idea that lieutenant smith was killing civilians while we were occupying this village."
Um.... isn't that exactly what's happening with the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib?
Boss:Wow, all my employees seem really glued to their screens, they must be hard at work...
.....clickety click....boss goes to slashdot.org....
Hey! employee #3433, what are you doing here? ..and all of my developers are on here thinking up lame Natalie Portman jokes....grrr.... now where did I put all those P45's....
You can prove quantum interference with a catapult, an egg-slicer, and a gerbil - all you have to do is fire the gerbil fast enough at the egg-slicer, and it diffracts VERY well - on the wall, you get vertical areas of less gerbil, and areas of MORE gerbil.
Sounds like a classic interference pattern to me...
Some people can be really dumb, but like to blame everyone but themselves for their shortcomings...
...is truly the American way;)
Seriously though, speaking as an outsider looking in (I'm a Brit) sometimes I really do get the impression that certain sections of the USA don't WANT issues like this to be fixed - if they get fixed, then who can they sue?
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"i don't see what the problem is. there haven't been any cases of abuse. if you don't want to be spied upon, then don't do suspicious things. how has the patriot act directly affected you?"
well....
"First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me."
Pastor Martin Niemöller
Nuff said
.....what, you mean America's Army ISN'T political?
;)
With tinfoil hat on, it could certainly be argued that every game based on a real-life situation is political, at least subliminally - think about it, how many games have you seen where you play a US Army / Secret Service / CIA / NSA / whatever operative, on a secret mission to stop those evil nasty gooks who are hell-bent on destroying freedom (aka USA) at all costs?
Couldn't it also be argued that every single one of these games contributes on some level to the message "America is great - it's those foreigners you should fear and hate. Stay at home son, and join the US Army!" ?
Just out of interest, how many games have you heard about where you have to stop domestic terrorists?
I'm not trying to claim a deliberate attempt to indoctrinate, just that if you take a step back and view it from the outside (confession:I'm a Brit) then market forces have dictated an unnerving consensus.
OK, OK, I'll take my tinfoil hat off now. Here, I'll even give you a start : -1 Troll
Yeah, they could be on e of the biggest, richest companies in the world, with a total dominance of the desktop OS and office suite markets.....oh, wait....
Can you imagine the fallout of an army major saying "gee Mr. JAG Officer, I had no idea that lieutenant smith was killing civilians while we were occupying this village."
Um.... isn't that exactly what's happening with the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib?
Boss:Wow, all my employees seem really glued to their screens, they must be hard at work...
.....clickety click....boss goes to slashdot.org....
Hey! employee #3433, what are you doing here?
..and all of my developers are on here thinking up lame Natalie Portman jokes....grrr.... now where did I put all those P45's....
You can prove quantum interference with a catapult, an egg-slicer, and a gerbil - all you have to do is fire the gerbil fast enough at the egg-slicer, and it diffracts VERY well - on the wall, you get vertical areas of less gerbil, and areas of MORE gerbil.
Sounds like a classic interference pattern to me...
Some people can be really dumb, but like to blame everyone but themselves for their shortcomings...
...is truly the American way ;)
Seriously though, speaking as an outsider looking in (I'm a Brit) sometimes I really do get the impression that certain sections of the USA don't WANT issues like this to be fixed - if they get fixed, then who can they sue?