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What's supposed to be so "fun" about war? Sure, it's fun when you're a wee lad, running about shooting your mates with sticks and using rocks as grenades. But why such a hard on to "play" war? Reenacting is one thing, it serves a purpose - keeping history alive, and even playing a game of paintball/airsoft and shooting up your friends can be fun .. but people seem to be taking these "war games" ideas too far. War is not fun .. it's dirty, ugly and people die - often times horribly painful deaths.
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I agree with you there RnderSafe..
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Cowboys and Indians, Paintball, computer games etc. etc..... Making a potential dangerous thing "safe" can be a great "kick" for most of us. Some examples here are skydiving, bungee jumping, diving with sharks etc.... I think it's ok as long as you're not glorifying war, but also think about "what if this was real life?.." I must admit that I have had a lot of fun during exercises, especially during laser combat simulation, but we do ALWAYS focus on the question "what if this was real life", before, during and after "action". Getting shot at is not fun (in real life)! After my service abroad I have a completelly different view on war/conflict.. one quote that I think is very good: Quote:
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Join the Army and go abroad if you want to play war, and you might get quite a different focus on it. But it still can be a fun thing to "simulate", as long as you do it for the right reasons.. |
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If you want to be big boys, then play like them .. put the toys down and enlist. Quote:
As I said, glorifying war .. playing armchair commandos, hiding from doing their duty, and pretending a few hours in their back yard, with an airsoft rifle makes them some expert. If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny. |
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