Monday, November 21, 2005

ARMY VIDEO GAME IS EITHER FIFTH OR SIXTH SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE

I just saw a commercial for a video game created and endorsed by the U.S. Army. I have already posted on several occasions about the strange nature of having created media (movies, games, as opposed to news) that deals with current events as if they are history. However, the destructive power of such media when it is created by the private sector is nothing compared to such media created by the government.
When the private sector creates games like this, the motive is clear. Profit. As sickening as it is to make a profit off the backs of people who are currently fighting and dying, at least it is a known and understood motive.
Although the government may have similar profit motives in the creation of their game, it is all too easy to assign them, in addition, far more nefarious reasons. It seems to me like clear propaganda, trying to create and intensify the perception of soldiers as warriors instead of killers. This perception is not only false, it is dangerous. The reasons I have discussed before, but I felt it was necessary to post this further example of the creation of propaganda by our government.

OGW

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