tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post6819121256991890360..comments2023-11-03T01:13:22.719-07:00Comments on The Rabbi Is IN with Rabbi Rami: Camp CoyoteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-37846580829075424412007-04-10T15:32:00.000-07:002007-04-10T15:32:00.000-07:00This is post is too old now for anyone to read my ...This is post is too old now for anyone to read my comments, but I want to suggest that unless an Iraq War theme park actually killed poeple, or at least splattered visitors with buckets of blood and guts, it wouldn't work too well as a deterrent. How many people play paint ball on the weekends? How many enjoy blowing things up and shooting people in video games? I, for one, have always enjoyed taking aim at some nefarious alien beastie or the disposable shock troops of an evil overloard/dictator/terrorist leader/king/wizard/mad scientist/demon spawn or hairdresser. Honestly, it's fun. <BR/><BR/>And it's fun for two reasons. One, the bad guy in these games, or the opposing team, is always "other." They are othered either because they're evil in the context of the game narrative or because my training as a good darwinian and/or capitalist has taught me how to view any person or group as a competitor and hence an enemy. Regardless, its not a hard transition to make. <BR/><BR/>The other reason games like these are fun is that they can be stopped. I don't have to spend three years in the sand fighting insurgents; I only have to fight them for three hours. Then I can sign off, save my progress, and have a sandwich. Obviously, to be effective, an Iraq war theme park would have to outlaw sandwiches. <BR/><BR/>Seriously though, the theme park war would have to be long, boring, and uncomfortable. And only occassionally punctuated by horrific violence. As for the"othering" issue,I suppose the park directors might split families and friends into opposing camps. Didn't work in the Civil War though.AaronHerschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08886387346974535323noreply@blogger.com