Anyone else seen this?

outspaced
outspaced Posts: 65
edited September 2006 in A Moving Train
http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/picture_gallery/0,,30000-1234393,00.html
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
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  • Kevin Wilson
    Kevin Wilson Posts: 333
    Thats f---ed up!!!
    Makes much more sense.................
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  • outspaced
    outspaced Posts: 65
    man, thats exactly what i was thinking!
    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
  • Pickr
    Pickr Posts: 161
    Just a couple of guys trying to capitalize on the state of affairs. I am curious to know how well it will sell.

    I found thier homepage..http://www.waronterrortheboardgame.com/
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    That's kind of stupid, imo.

    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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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Unfortunately, being a tasteless twat isn't illegal and is protected by virtue of the fact that our societies are relatively free. You take the bad with the good ...
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Damn, I’m tempted to get one.
    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
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    The game could go on forever. Say you choose to be the Bin-man and you are hiding out in a cave. Years could pass and you would still be on the same game. All your Saturday nights pass as they are making a ton of money off of the state of affairs while pretending to hunt you down. I wonder how many times you would have to roll the dice if you were the Bin-man? Or how many caves you can jump to with a double six?
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  • murph83
    murph83 Posts: 122
    that is just wrong
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    the only thing dumber is the people who actually buy it.
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    outspaced wrote:
    http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/picture_gallery/0,,30000-1234393,00.html

    a clever way to make a statement.

    and the knee-jerking is pretty funny.
  • pushmepullme
    pushmepullme Posts: 255
    Does anyone play board games anymore?
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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    exhausted wrote:
    a clever way to make a statement.

    and the knee-jerking is pretty funny.

    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.
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    pushmepullme wrote:
    Does anyone play board games anymore?

    All the time.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    pushmepullme wrote:
    Does anyone play board games anymore?


    "risk" is probably my all time favourite.
  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    hahaha! that's hilarious!

    :D


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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    reborncareerist wrote:
    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.

    i was referring to the former generally, not the latter. so, i agree.
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    reborncareerist wrote:
    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.

    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.
  • JD Sal
    JD Sal Posts: 790
    I found this to be amusing...

    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."
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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Drowned Out wrote:
    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.

    True, true ... And yes, board games rule.
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    It's a joke.
    And as anyone who watches any television sitcoms knows... not all jokes are funny.
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