I can't understand the attractions of these war games
By 41Combedale
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
Greece
August 25, 2016 2:33pm CST
Whenever I go online sooner or later I am faced with an advert for playing war games. I presume they are aimed at younger people for whom ignorance about war is bliss. To those of us who are older or watch the news programs 'war' is too real for it to be called a game.
Why does anyone find it entertaining to play at killing, surely a game is something that we are supposed to enjoy.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
26 Aug 16
i wish i'd the answer, hon. sadly i don't :( too many seem most infatuated with all that brutality 'n i've yet to figure the allure 'f such.
i'm with ya, games ought to be fun. not bloody'n the killin' 'f others.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
26 Aug 16
Then there is the mentality of the people who write them .....do they only care about making money or do they enjoy making mayhem too?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
26 Aug 16
@41CombedaleRoad i'd like to ask those who invent 'em the same, hon. 'course, if'n there t'weren't a market, they'd knock 't off.
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
25 Aug 16
Children of today don't know what war is
I beg to differ.
What about the 19 and 20 year olds killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
What about the children of those killed, I'm sure they know the reality of war every bit as much as you do.
Thos of us today that weren't around for the 2nd world war don't know what that level of conflict feels like but many of us do know what war means as we've had friends and family killed.
I beg to differ.
What about the 19 and 20 year olds killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
What about the children of those killed, I'm sure they know the reality of war every bit as much as you do.
Thos of us today that weren't around for the 2nd world war don't know what that level of conflict feels like but many of us do know what war means as we've had friends and family killed.
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
26 Aug 16
Winston Churchill is famous for saying that jaw jaw is better than war war.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16750)
• China
26 Aug 16
They know that many younger people would play it for kicks and never take it into account that young people may be misled by playing it.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
26 Aug 16
yes. The kids from their childhood develop a war instinct among themselves. We are not looking at such things with all seriousness. The early the better. Otherwise, things will move out of our hands.
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@sosapanla (55)
• Bangalore, India
26 Aug 16
yes, I agree with you a game should entertain and be enjoyable. But sadly , now a days,more and more young people are getting addicted to these war games.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
26 Aug 16
It will take decades before social workers realise where such addictions lead.
@celticeagle (165954)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Aug 16
For one thing there is so much more to it than just killing. They are learning strategy and all different types of skills. I just posted a post about this very thing. A futuristic look.
@celticeagle (165954)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Aug 16
@41CombedaleRoad ......Here's the link:
Josh brought a friend home. They played Nerf guns over at the park and then he had to go. Nice to have friends over again. He was alone most of the summer. Just...
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
26 Aug 16
Well I remain unconvinced but I will look up your post.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
25 Aug 16
I never will understand the attraction of violence in games, it seems so senseless.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
26 Aug 16
I don't know why boys do that, the influence must come from their fathers - mothers would never encourage boys to play pretend killing games.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
26 Aug 16
Yeah I find war games quite disturbing too. I don't really play games anymore but if do I'd rather stick to the hidden object games I used to play before.
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
26 Aug 16
Then they need to get off their bottoms and find out what life is really about.
@JudyEv (338682)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Aug 16
I guess in some ways it's not much different to playing 'cowboys and Indians' but I agree with you. There is no way I want to be anywhere near a war game.
@JudyEv (338682)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Aug 16
@41CombedaleRoad I would be too. I think it is all the younger people - 'younger' being relative. I think one son, aged 44, still plays war games of a sort but they may be more the fantasy type. I hope so. 
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
25 Aug 16
By war games do you mean the more tactical ones like world of warcraft or the video games like call of duty?
