for fun...ofcourse
'Wack the Iraq' game criticized
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A New Jersey game called "Wack the Iraq," where players fire paintballs at people dressed as Arabs, has drawn ire from Arab groups after the city failed to convince the operator to change its name this summer.
The City of Wildwood, a seaside resort in southern New Jersey popular with summer vacationers, said the game would continue to operate until the end of this summer holiday season, but would change its name when it returns next year, according to Fred Wager, commissioner of public affairs and public safety for Wildwood.
"We didn't like it because we were getting a lot of complaints about it," Wager said in an interview.
The game is being run by a private company under a license granted by the city.
Arab groups have voiced outrage at the name and the notion of killing Iraqis for fun, and had asked that the city shut the game down immediately. Instead, a compromise was reached to change the game's name for next summer.
The game targets teenagers, said Aref Assaf, President of the New Jersey chapter of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. "(The game) tells them to kill Arabs and that it is legal, and you can have fun doing it," he told Reuters.
Since the September 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda, which killed almost 3,000 people, Arab and Muslim Americans have suffered a spike in discriminatory acts.
'Wack the Iraq' game criticized
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A New Jersey game called "Wack the Iraq," where players fire paintballs at people dressed as Arabs, has drawn ire from Arab groups after the city failed to convince the operator to change its name this summer.
The City of Wildwood, a seaside resort in southern New Jersey popular with summer vacationers, said the game would continue to operate until the end of this summer holiday season, but would change its name when it returns next year, according to Fred Wager, commissioner of public affairs and public safety for Wildwood.
"We didn't like it because we were getting a lot of complaints about it," Wager said in an interview.
The game is being run by a private company under a license granted by the city.
Arab groups have voiced outrage at the name and the notion of killing Iraqis for fun, and had asked that the city shut the game down immediately. Instead, a compromise was reached to change the game's name for next summer.
The game targets teenagers, said Aref Assaf, President of the New Jersey chapter of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. "(The game) tells them to kill Arabs and that it is legal, and you can have fun doing it," he told Reuters.
Since the September 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda, which killed almost 3,000 people, Arab and Muslim Americans have suffered a spike in discriminatory acts.
but how can you say that "most" Muslims wouldn't have cared about a "Wack the Israelis" game ? There are 1 billion Muslims around the world, how can you say "most" wouldn't have cared. That would be a HUGE percentage and it's impossible to state how "most" would feel without conducting a survey. Millions of people are bound to have very complex feelings... especially given the fact that the majority of Muslims around the world aren't infact Arabs (demographically speaking). How would this overwhelming majority of millions of individual Muslims feel towards a "Wack the Israelis" game ? It is impossible to answer this question because you wouldn't be able to conveniently categorize the feelings of millions of people into one short, convenient summarized line. Rationally impossible.
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