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I think the idea of making "games" of these kinds of things is okay...But only for the purpose originally intended (in this case, to study the JFK assassination). Once you start SELLING the game to the general public for "play" it becomes a disgusting and imoral concept. Why on earth would anyone want someone to have fun assassinating JFK? It's sick, and just plain wrong.
There should not be any laws or protest against creating these sorts of things, as gaming technology is becoming more and more a great way to examine problems in the real world. (For instance, simulations from games have already been used numerous times for studying the Kennedy assassination. "Games" have been made to re-examine the aftermath of swat-team assault to see what went wrong/right and how to better themselves. The bot-code from MoH was used in a simulation to see how well citizens could evacuate apartment complexes in L.A..)
There should be a law against making this stuff public for "entertainment" purposes. If you want to sell a setup for others to test and troubleshoot, that's one thing. Selling it for people to have fun, is just disgusting. (God forbid any of the tons of improperly-parented kids in the US get ahold of this!)
As for the whole war-games stuff (MoH, AA, DoD, etc), there's a very broad line between war-games and this JFK game. When a game company makes a game where people can reenact a war, that's one thing. When they make a game where the only objective is to assassinate a president, that's another.
Playing war games teaches us what it was like for people who actually fought these wars, and the history behind them, as well as how to strategise and work as a team. And war-games like MoH, DoD, AA, don't go into death-camps, political issues, etc. We don't get to torture people, there's no anti-jew level of the game, etc. However, when you're playing a game like the JFK-Reloaded game for fun, the objective is to assassinate a president. That's it. There's no reason behind it, and the whole action isn't ethical.
Other people besides Americans should have a problem with this. Just because it's an American president, doesn't matter. From a moral/ethical/social standpoint, ANY nation should see a problem behind this. I'm sure the Scots know that having fun playing a game where the only objective is assassinating a political figure, is moderately imoral/unethical.
Lastly, it's not illegal to threaten the life of a dead president. If someone calls the FBI and threatens to assassinate Andrew Jackson, they're not going to get a visit from the Secret Service, they're gonna get transfered to the American Psychiatric Association. You can, however, get in trouble for threatening to do something to the grave/memorial of a president. Threatening to, for instance, douse the flame at Arlington cemetary is cause for trouble. In relation, creating a game to study how to assassinate JFK (outside of legitament research purposes) is unethical and sick, but is not illegal (outright). But if you created a game about "how to assassinate George W. Bush" you'd get into some kemshi over that.
I think the idea of making "games" of these kinds of things is okay...But only for the purpose originally intended (in this case, to study the JFK assassination). Once you start SELLING the game to the general public for "play" it becomes a disgusting and imoral concept. Why on earth would anyone want someone to have fun assassinating JFK? It's sick, and just plain wrong.
There should not be any laws or protest against creating these sorts of things, as gaming technology is becoming more and more a great way to examine problems in the real world. (For instance, simulations from games have already been used numerous times for studying the Kennedy assassination. "Games" have been made to re-examine the aftermath of swat-team assault to see what went wrong/right and how to better themselves. The bot-code from MoH was used in a simulation to see how well citizens could evacuate apartment complexes in L.A..)
There should be a law against making this stuff public for "entertainment" purposes. If you want to sell a setup for others to test and troubleshoot, that's one thing. Selling it for people to have fun, is just disgusting. (God forbid any of the tons of improperly-parented kids in the US get ahold of this!)
As for the whole war-games stuff (MoH, AA, DoD, etc), there's a very broad line between war-games and this JFK game. When a game company makes a game where people can reenact a war, that's one thing. When they make a game where the only objective is to assassinate a president, that's another.
Playing war games teaches us what it was like for people who actually fought these wars, and the history behind them, as well as how to strategise and work as a team. And war-games like MoH, DoD, AA, don't go into death-camps, political issues, etc. We don't get to torture people, there's no anti-jew level of the game, etc. However, when you're playing a game like the JFK-Reloaded game for fun, the objective is to assassinate a president. That's it. There's no reason behind it, and the whole action isn't ethical.
Other people besides Americans should have a problem with this. Just because it's an American president, doesn't matter. From a moral/ethical/social standpoint, ANY nation should see a problem behind this. I'm sure the Scots know that having fun playing a game where the only objective is assassinating a political figure, is moderately imoral/unethical.
Lastly, it's not illegal to threaten the life of a dead president. If someone calls the FBI and threatens to assassinate Andrew Jackson, they're not going to get a visit from the Secret Service, they're gonna get transfered to the American Psychiatric Association. You can, however, get in trouble for threatening to do something to the grave/memorial of a president. Threatening to, for instance, douse the flame at Arlington cemetary is cause for trouble. In relation, creating a game to study how to assassinate JFK (outside of legitament research purposes) is unethical and sick, but is not illegal (outright). But if you created a game about "how to assassinate George W. Bush" you'd get into some kemshi over that.
. Well written article . Its not the first time either. There must be some link in the T.F homepage like 'shoobie's articles' . 
