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Virtually dead in Iraq

To protest the war in Iraq, a media artist infiltrates the U.S. Army's popular online video game and gets himself shot. While angry gamers, soldiers and even some peace activists call him a nuisance, others say his message hits home.

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  • Friday, September 15, 2006 10:34 PM

    gamer schmucks

    All these gamers who hide behind the defense that its just a game and they are just playing and it doesn't mean anything and they know better blah blah f*cking blah. Why do you have to play a violent games? why games that simulate the army? why games that simulate this particular war? why violent games simulating the army simulating this f*cking stupid war that are funded by my tax dollars and the goddamn pentagon? Do you think the army would invest 10 million dollars if they didn't know that it works? It works jackass. every minute you waste on that joystick is one minute less you could be thinking about what's really going on. You want to play so bad? go. enjoy your war. Maybe we can send all you glassy eyed jerks and your crazy jihadist counterparts to the moon and you can all skull f*ck eachother all you want, leave the rest of us in PEACE.

    I bet your so pissed off right now you just want to punch me. Better yet grab a gun and shoot me. Wouldn't that feel so good?

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