{"id":24431,"date":"2011-12-10T17:08:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T00:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/10\/its-a-darned-crime.html"},"modified":"2011-12-10T22:08:50","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T05:08:50","slug":"its-a-darned-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/10\/its-a-darned-crime.html","title":{"rendered":"It's a darned crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hrm. <\/p>\n

1. The headline is misleading; it's more like 600M gamers could be playing<\/b> war criminals.<\/i><\/p>\n

2. I think it's an interesting idea to look at how actions in some of the major war-based video games might be violations of international war crimes statutes. The question of how that might be influencing the behavior of future soldiers is certainly worth examining.<\/p>\n

3. This sort of thing can turn really goofy in a heartbeat, though. Because, ultimately, we are talking about games, not real life actions. And turning war crime prevention into something that smacks of political correctness does no service to the overall cause. #ddtb<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSix hundred million gamers could be war criminals, Red Cross says<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE Red Cross is investigating whether 600 million gamers are violating the Hague and Geneva conventions when they kill and blow stuff up for fun.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Hrm. 1. The headline is misleading; it's more like 600M gamers could be playing war criminals. 2. I think it's an interesting idea to look at how actions in some of the major war-based video games might be violations of international war crimes statutes. 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