[antaresequity]

have found a way to enjoy the game with a clear conscience

When ever I want to clear my conscience I usually rip somthign off too.

[Rome2000]

"You know they made it and will make their army the best,"

No, actually the most potent weapon in the game is the Scud Storm.

[Mr. Mojo]

The teenagers....say they are annoyed that games, movies, comics and books from the United States portray Arabs as cruel fanatics but despair that there are no Arab companies that can make products to redress the balance.

Gee, I wonder why that is? </ rhetorical question>

[cyborg]

"When you play the game online, young kids about my own age will ask where I am from. When I say 'Egypt', they think I live in a shack," he said.


*** Well that's because some people this country can't imagine Africans living in anything other than a shack. Even so, it's a game. If he played Wolfenstein, there's lots of German carnage in that game. There are so many RPGs etc out there.

[pepperhead]

I guess they haven't made a jewish expansion pack yet. I am guessing he wouldn't see any problems killing guys in IDF uniforms or blowing up school busses.

[MD_Willington_1976]

"People buy fake versions of the game, so they say 'well at least I'm not giving the game makers any money,'."

We have a different word for FAKE, it called pirated...

Only a moron would think that modern Egyptians live in a shack...

[uncitizen]

They're willing to call the game "racist" but not willing to act on that conviction and stop buying/playing the game. Typical liberals. All sound and fury signifying nothing.

[Stakka Skynet]

"The teenagers say the game reinforces the western image of Arabs as "terrorists" with introductory scenes showing them gunning down civilians and stealing US aid"

How dare they portray arabs as terrorists. When has an arab ever killed innocent people?

Actually this is the first game/movie/book that i've seen in a while in which the arabs are portrayed as bad guys. The last instance that I can think of is clancy's "the Sum of all Fears". Hollywood transformed the muslim antogonists into white neo-nazis for the film version, however. I can't think of a single movie post 9-11 in which muslims were the bad guys. Any other examples?

[dead]

The teenagers say the game reinforces the western image of Arabs as "terrorists"

Yes, the game and terrorism.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Maybe they can make a pro-Islamofacist game and call it "Allah's Army" where you can spread anti-West hate literature to the people to whip them up into a frenzy and then promise them that they will live in a whorehouse in heaven where they can rape 72 virgins a day if they go out and murder some innocents.

[watchin]

"the game reinforces the western image of Arabs as "terrorists""

Daily real-life suicide bombings around the world probably don't help your image any, either, Achmed.

[Sofa King]

"The teenagers, all students at an American high school in Cairo, say they are annoyed that games, movies, comics and books from the United States portray Arabs as cruel fanatics"

Meanwhile, the jews in Isreal are annoyed that they keep getting blown up by islamic suicide bombers. The real killer is that it's their own refusal to seperate themselves from these people that fuels the impression of Arabs as fanatics.

[BurbankKarl]

Looks like we will be needing a new Hoover Dam