A game, like a film or even a book, may trigger an action in an already disturbed mind, but it’s certainly not the cause.Īnd so we come to the evil FPS I known as Soldier Of Fortune 2. On one side you’ve got those who enjoy gaming and the escapism it offers, and on the other side there are those who rarely play or understand them yet are quick to cite them as the reasons behind mass shootings and general moral decay. It may be crass to draw comparisons, but videogaming presents a similar cultural divide. OK, the acts of terrorism we all witnessed last September were completely deplorable and totally unjustifiable, but this current situation is also partly to do with the fact that two totally different cultures have little or absolutely no understanding of each other. Get a grip George - it’s not bloody Lord Of The Rings. Meanwhile, President George W Bush is trying to convince the world that this is a war of good against evil. Has anyone noticed that in press conferences the United States’ General Tommy Franks refers to al-Qaeda terrorists as 'The Bad Guys’? Why not just use the term terrorist? Maybe it’s a subtle reminder to us civilians that these people are bad because, after all, it’s easy to forget that flying passenger jets into skyscrapers and thereby killing thousands of innocent people in the process is actually wrong.
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