The Nation has a report this week on Operation Stand Up, an evangelical military entertainment group that is planning to send care packages including Left Behind: Eternal Forces to American troops fighting in Iraq.The game, which raised the ire of many activist groups for its promotion of killing and converting non-Christians, will come packaged in "freedom packets" that also include a pocket-size Gideon bible, a Christian extreme sports DVD and the proselytizing book More Than a Carpenter. The OSU web site describes the game's inclusion as "just one more way OSU Tour can be a conduit in changing a soul forever."
While the group is affiliated with the Pentagon's America Supports You program, it's unclear just how much official support they have has from the military. The group does have the backing of "celebrities" including Stephen Baldwin, Evander Holyfield and, according to sources close to the group, God.
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I lol'd at the last part.
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couldn't have said it better myself
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Yes, but a great many more do.
those were alot of good points.
all the guys above me took the words right outta my mouth.
(and them some)
Praise the lord, pass the ammo?
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We should have some damned sensitivty.
Send them body armor or a copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
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Call of Duty 4...
It might be a stretch but, I think they are already involved in an actual Call of Duty 4 in real life... Maybe a game that will take them out of that type of plot in it.
As for all this anti-war, anti-whatever. How about supporting our troops while they are over there and stop giving them insurgents/terrorists hard-ons by protesting our presence over there? Don't you think for a second that they won't use that against our troops psyche. They could do this by producing propaganda that conveys the message that we here at home don't want them there so therefore they shouldn't be killing them. Kind of like the Viet Nam War. We were our own worst enemy. Let the Generals and Soldiers win the war and leave out all the politicians. We'll be better off for it.
As a former GW Vet, that's my 2 cents.
And when I say I'm a GW Vet, I don't mean Guild Wars! lol!
Let's give troops Loco Roco! =D That's as far from CoD4 as you can get. Or a Katamari game. Something fun with bright colors that lacks realistic violence. XD Okami! There we go. Let's send troops Okami!
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You should see what they show suicide bombers...Now THAT is brainwashing!
I will be starting my own group soon. With enough donations I hope to be sending the troops copies of The Darkness and the book "The God Delusion". I might also throw in Overlord and a Satanic Bible or something too, just to make sure we have a good even mix.
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SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!dont let them play shitty games.
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Violence and Sex is bad but Brainwashing is OK,really WTF.This is when we need "ban" and "laws".
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It's humorous to say the least.
Well another funny thing is how people use "The freedom of speech" card, the fact that it exist doesn’t mean you can abuse it. So questioning a religious game in your opinion is bad but throwing religion to people faces is OK to you.
I remind you the game is about killing and converting non-Christians, If you were Jewish or Buddhist would you think that is ok, kill people for it religion and believes is alright to you, man you are an ignorant.
Religion is good but what these people are doing is totally wrong.
There is no way to protect this.
Freedom of speech means that you can speak your mind and no one has the right to tell you to STFU but you forgot this part…
“Restrictions on free speech”
“Hate speech that is defamatory or causes incitement to violence.”
Isn’t the idea of killing people of other religions violent and wrong?, isn’t hate speech?.
What these guys are doing is wrong, the idea killing people for what they believe is wrong, the idea of killing other human been is wrong.
In videogames is fictional yeah but all are based in the idea of “they did this to you now is payback time” and that is why they are rated “M” is for adult minds that understand that is fictional and that killing people is wrong and that is just a game and it doesn’t have anything to do with the real life and they doesn’t support the Idea of discrimination (Except GTA)
But when you do something supporting the Idea of killing people for being from other religions is right. WTF, maybe because you are Christian you don’t give a f*** but what about Jewish, Buddhist Catholics and so on. Jesus Christ, try to be a little sensitive.
Also isn’t what Christians promote, being tolerant and give the other cheek? Forgive the ones that offend us, forgiveness hello?
Oh wait, scratch that. They might play it, and will want to kill the soldiers even more.
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then they won't have time to play it!
what with the concussion and all...
1) I wonder what makes people so afraid of religion.
2) Games like these are bad because it is someone expressing their point of view, but other games that express points of view, like God of War, American McGee games, Postal, etc... are good. Interesting.
3) Games like these are bad because it is someone expressing their point of view and we wouldn't want someone expressing their views because that could corrupt their non-faith and make some people question some things (wouldn't want people questioning things).
4) How is it that people are up in arms about this crappy game being sent to the troops but other crappy games are sent to troops all the time and no one utters a word? It couldn't be because it's religious in nature, could it?
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lol j/k
2. This game was specifically designed to push a right-wing, apocalyptic Christian agenda. Other games are pure fantasy, or created for entertainment or art's sake; the people who wrote Left Behind believe what happens in the books is actually going to happen.
3. Maybe the makers and supporters of this game should question why the goal of the game is to kill or convert all non-Christians. Or maybe they should question why they believe that the Bible (a 5000 year old book written by many different human beings over generations) is literally true.
4. Name 1 other crappy game... Wait, 1 other game at all, that's being sent to the troops unsolicited.
Exactly! Just like the Sony Defense Force! =P