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Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:00 AM

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.
By Rebecca Clarren

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  • Saturday, September 16, 2006 09:05 AM

    Whoop, the quote

    Here's the quote.

    "This book is on the Victorians by A. N. WIlson, is so evocative of today, it is scary. He is discussing the Crimean War and the dispatches sent back to England at the time and describing how the British loved that war as this was the first time that war became 'a spectator sport." p 186

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