Anyone else seen this?
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die on a hilltop.. eyeing the crows,
waiting for your lids to close..
but you want to watch as they peck your flesh..
Ironic that they go for the eyes first
waiting for your lids to close..
but you want to watch as they peck your flesh..
Ironic that they go for the eyes first
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To Live......................
In the present tense.
waiting for your lids to close..
but you want to watch as they peck your flesh..
Ironic that they go for the eyes first
I found thier homepage..http://www.waronterrortheboardgame.com/
But isn't it a bit tasteless?
That depends on your taste. Personally, we think the actual "War on Terror" is in pretty bad taste. This is just a board game.
They make a point though
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Sounds like a souped up RISK or something.
I don’t see anything offensive about it.
From the website:
We don't know what will happen in the world, but all we ask for in playing War on Terror, the boardgame, is open-mindedness. Instead of expressing knee-jerk horror and outrage at the casual and indiscriminate funding of terrorism in our game, accompanied, as it is, by tongue-in-cheek humour, think about real-world events. Think about what separates a terrorist act from a sanctioned act. One takes place within the rules and one without. And who writes the rules?
Well, in this case, we did.
"Secure the oil
Build your empire
Fund and fight terrorism
a family game for 2-6 players":D
a clever way to make a statement.
and the knee-jerking is pretty funny.
"Behave like rock stars - not like the President." (live - Noblesville, IN - 8/17/98)
--Ed
"Yeah, I was gonna learn to play it (Breath) but somebody slipped me a bottle of viagra and was busy doing something else six times last night" (live - New York, NY - 9/10/98)
--Ed
I might accuse some people on here (myself included) of knee jerking from time to time. Someone whose life has been directly impacted by terrorism? I might forgive negative reactions from those people.
All the time.
"risk" is probably my all time favourite.
Esther's here and she's sick?
hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
i was referring to the former generally, not the latter. so, i agree.
Good point. But really, it's not glorifying anything so even those people should take it with a grain of salt.
….it’s just a board game. It’s no more insensitive than any video game or movie about war, or media coverage of any war.
It’s not like they are calling a certain religion or race terrorists, the game simply displays how terrorism is manipulated for political gain by any country or group with enough money to fund it. Real life is offensive. And dumb.
IMO, it is a good way to open a dialogue about the whole situation….
And, yes… people still play board games. I played Mission RISK last week and kicked some green army ass! Haha.
Board games are a throw back…actual interaction between family and friends. Good times.
TerrorBull Games, of Cambridge, which is behind the game, said: "When a board game includes Suicide Bomber cards, Dirty Bombs, Nuclear Weapons and a balaclava with the word Evil stitched across the forehead, you know you're in for a quality evening's entertainment."
True, true ... And yes, board games rule.
And as anyone who watches any television sitcoms knows... not all jokes are funny.
Hail, Hail!!!
whats next instead of the game "you sank my battle ship"!!
they will call it "you sank my USS Cole!!"
BASTERDS!!!
The next will be called "Stacking the Courts with Ultra-conservative Judges".