Just as possession and use of a rifle was virtually the birthright of every non-urban American boy over the age of ten in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which made them formidable marksmen in their adulthood, the widespread familiarity and practice of military video games make for formidable warriors in our present century.
When real death is nothing but a video game, where is the morality? Even in the days of “Mad”- there was the threat that those in the bunker would be underneath casualties on our side. Replacing boots on the ground with robots controlled from half-way around the world IS a greater “ethical” danger.
mjnyc almost 13 years ago
Just as possession and use of a rifle was virtually the birthright of every non-urban American boy over the age of ten in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which made them formidable marksmen in their adulthood, the widespread familiarity and practice of military video games make for formidable warriors in our present century.
Bilword almost 13 years ago
Yeah, the cat’s out of the bag. Too late
Dtroutma almost 13 years ago
When real death is nothing but a video game, where is the morality? Even in the days of “Mad”- there was the threat that those in the bunker would be underneath casualties on our side. Replacing boots on the ground with robots controlled from half-way around the world IS a greater “ethical” danger.
Jaedabee Premium Member almost 13 years ago
What was it about how extreme violence is Okay but sexual content isn’t?
CorosiveFrog Premium Member almost 13 years ago
So you guys spend 100 millions on one single Tomahawk missile NOT to blow things up?
LucasFoxx almost 13 years ago
Mr Rall, it desensitizes them to the very things your panels depict. It’s not the other way around, as it would seem you are implying.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member almost 13 years ago
^ So either you americans either can’t fight anymore or are stupid…
The Talibans can afford that kind of money?
rockngolfer almost 13 years ago
Dr. Canuck and Radish have it, eliminate the jobs so all the young people have to join the military.That is the American reality.
pirate227 almost 13 years ago
Pointless toon. Like there wasn’t war before video games?Technology just makes it easier, that’s all.