Taliban Fumes Over Royal Gaming Thumbs
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I actually see how the Taliban can be really offended if they understand what he said like they do.
"Yeah, the war with you guys? It's like a game to us."
"Yeah, the war with you guys? It's like a game to us."
Let's not even mention Chess.
In other news, nobody anywhere close to Afghanistan has a sense of humor.
In other news, nobody anywhere close to Afghanistan has a sense of humor.
QFT... The Taliban are religious fanatics, which is why I started by describing Harry the way they see him, as 'a divine being' that is looked up to and 'loved' somewhat unconditionally by his people. He is comparable to a holy man, in that respect, people will follow his teachings (when compared with the average person his power to influence is greatly magnified by... Chance?).Treblaine said:
If Prince Harry came and posted right here, if you could be sure it was authentic while you might not take interest in anything he said, I think we can be agreed everyone (eventually, on the whole site, probably) would turn around and take notice right?
captcha: three strikes... I'm out.
This *so hard.*rhizhim said:
If that were to happen, I'd probably spend three hours rolling around laughing. What an amazing first-world response to people who don't even live in the real world to begin with.erttheking said:
Not that most people do, but it's my pitiful attempt at an interesting/amusing comment so shush or I'll get offended and have a horde of idiots yell at you for being a meanie!
So wait, he says something off the cuff as a twenty-something who's been on more combat missions than 99% of the population? Lord forbid he word something wrong!God knows he's lived a normal east London life in a home where...oh wait, he's been tabloid fodder since conception, because that makes a mafucker normal.Flutterbrave said:
When it breaks down to it, you have a person who likens games to killing BAD GUYS (seriously, if you think the Talibs are the good guys, wtf) to games maybe as a measure of distancing himself from taking another human life. Really, guys. It's a statement, taken out of context, by a young man who should by any rights be shaking and hugging himself in a padded room.
Like every other piece of celebrity news, it's out of context or inconsequential. Let's move on and deal with real things.
I don't really care about the monarchy seeing as I'm not from the UK but that would firmly put Harry onto my list of most awesome people.erttheking said:
Okay now I don't like the Taliban and I love video games but even if the Taliban hadn't been all butthurt about this and I had heard about him saying this I would still be disappointed because regardless of whether or not it does make you better at war when an influential individual says something like this that people will take note of it gives games a bad rap. So to sum up, It's fine if video games DO make you better at violence but that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch what you say.
Not that I'm aware of, where did it say that? Read the article here, but mainly skimmed the sources. We're pulling out on a semi regular basis, but that's because it's just not necessary that we be there any more, any troops that are still there are just there for "peacekeeping" purposes. I suspect that in their minds that means they're winning.MarlonBlazed said:
Captcha: I'm in you. Apparently the captcha has been listening to Frank Zappa.
I know it can have knock on consequences, but I respect him for saying it, as he shouldn't need to hide what he thinks just because some people will get up in arms about it. In this case, the only people getting up in arms about it, are the ones that already are, and their thoughts on video games are negligible at best, we've got worse things to worry about when it comes to the taliban. It wasn't like he was saying it as a statement, he just mentioned it in passing.Epicspoon said:
In fact the fact that Mujahid states he is a "coward" is laughable, given the Talibans preferred targets, at least he's actually fighting other "soldiers".
Even if the people back home do think this is "evidence", screw em, they'll be about in a few years and we won't have to put up with em anymore, and it's not like it's going to have a real effect. It should be a well known fact that the military uses video games for pilot (and possibly other forms of combat) training anyway, so it's not like this is anything new.
What do people think the armed forces do in their downtime? - write letters to that girl they're gonna marry?, stare at pictures of their kids?, practice their brooding?
No - they play videogames and palette wrestle.
Soldiers are entitled to be human beings, except maybe Taliban 'soldiers'.
No - they play videogames and palette wrestle.
Soldiers are entitled to be human beings, except maybe Taliban 'soldiers'.
Blatant and down right low quote mining.octafish said:
It's inescapably obvious the joy was him playing a computer football game, not the "hoping into his gunner's seat".
Sorry to break this to you, but you are perpetuating the same lie the Taliban made up.
Let's not pretend we don't do the same, whether via drone strikes, bombs or just plain accident.Bvenged said:
I'll agree that put next to the Taliban we're the lesser of two evils, but since we've resorted to drone strikes and torture, we haven't really got a whole lot of high ground left.
