War Games: Army Lures Civilians By Letting Them Play Soldier

Iria · Jul 30, 2008, 03:22 PM

In the Tweety Bird section of the parking lot at an amusement park here, visitors are trying a new attraction. They jump into Humvees or Black Hawk helicopters and use fake firearms to hunt down "genocidal indigenous forces." They shoot at huge video screens.
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Source: WSJ
Thanks to [hobo]eclipse for the head's up!

~~JBM123~~ · Jul 30, 2008, 04:01 PM

That just turned my stomach

BlueMak · Jul 30, 2008, 08:24 PM

At 00:18, is that on the right a dinosaur with a man on top?

Jul 30, 2008, 03:22 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	War Games: Army Lures Civilians By Letting Them Play Soldier In the Tweety Bird section of the parking lot at an amusement park here, visitors are trying a new attraction. They jump into Humvees or Black Hawk helicopters and use fake firearms to hunt down "genocidal indigenous forces." They shoot at huge video screens. ___________ Source: WSJ Thanks to [hobo]eclipse for the head's up!

Jul 30, 2008, 08:24 PM	#3
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,478 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	At 00:18, is that on the right a dinosaur with a man on top? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Jul 30, 2008, 04:01 PM	#2
~~JBM123~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	That just turned my stomach