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I'll never understand how anyone can play at being a soldier while thousands of men and women are doing the real thing and being killed or maimed.
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Your understanding is meaningless because nobody is asking your opinion or permission. You don't like games, don't play them.
"I'm not against violent video games in themselves. Playing this one just seems distasteful at this time."
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It's no different than Battlefield2 or most First Person Shooters, expect it's done better than most.
Actually, I'd think the better draw for recruiting isn't the game per se, but how well the game is done.
Those who are against the game need to step back and examine your issues. In the game, your character can die, while this is temporary, it brings home the fact that you can die despite doing everything right. The players know that in real combat they could die, something that not all 17 or 18 year olds have come to understand.
We have a volunteer Army, it's best that they are as informed as possible.
