Comment Re:Government Funded Racism (Score 1) 530
Wow.. You slashdot people sure a bunch of ignorant fools. First off it should be made clear that anyone who has played the game is certain those people are arabs. Look at them, you'll lose your doubt quickly.
Secondly, You are all arguing that it's realistic, or that we really are facing a problem with arabs, or that there really are arabs in the desert. Whether these things are true or not you are missing the point entirely.
I thought you slashdot people would be smarter than that. The issues isn't reality. It's about a racial bias that has been building up in the United states today. This is a real problem that exists now. A lot of arabs are being treated unfairly and being considered dangerous or evil by millions of americans. Many of the targeted arabs are also americans with that ancestory. I know I've seen a lot of bias and people being treated horribly in the real world. Maybe some of you people need to get out more often and see what really goes on. I've also seen people making a lot of racist comments on the servers.
This brings us back to the real point. What we are really talking about has nothing to do with reality. This is a recruited tool and it is very targeted at children. We are living in a time where many arabs are currently being treated unfairly by people here in America where many of us are living right now. Then this game comes along and reinforces the stereotype. It throws some arabs terrorists at us and gives us a mission that involves killing them. Sure, there are worse things in the world, but is this really necessary. Remember, this is targeted at children. All I'm saying is that when they made a decision to include those arabs on those levels they were being sort of irresponsible. The are reinforicing a dangerous stereotype that has been harming many people in there day to day lives.
I hope that there are at least a few people out there on slashdot that leave there houses and have seen that racism is a real thing.
Secondly, You are all arguing that it's realistic, or that we really are facing a problem with arabs, or that there really are arabs in the desert. Whether these things are true or not you are missing the point entirely.
I thought you slashdot people would be smarter than that. The issues isn't reality. It's about a racial bias that has been building up in the United states today. This is a real problem that exists now. A lot of arabs are being treated unfairly and being considered dangerous or evil by millions of americans. Many of the targeted arabs are also americans with that ancestory. I know I've seen a lot of bias and people being treated horribly in the real world. Maybe some of you people need to get out more often and see what really goes on. I've also seen people making a lot of racist comments on the servers.
This brings us back to the real point. What we are really talking about has nothing to do with reality. This is a recruited tool and it is very targeted at children. We are living in a time where many arabs are currently being treated unfairly by people here in America where many of us are living right now. Then this game comes along and reinforces the stereotype. It throws some arabs terrorists at us and gives us a mission that involves killing them. Sure, there are worse things in the world, but is this really necessary. Remember, this is targeted at children. All I'm saying is that when they made a decision to include those arabs on those levels they were being sort of irresponsible. The are reinforicing a dangerous stereotype that has been harming many people in there day to day lives.
I hope that there are at least a few people out there on slashdot that leave there houses and have seen that racism is a real thing.
