Are Special Interest Groups Going to Far?

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.

I don't think a game can encourage killing.

maybe I don't have enough screws loose...

†Sniper† wrote: 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. I don't think a game can encourage killing. maybe I don't have enough screws loose...

They say that GTA encourages killing, but I still play it.

Granted its probably not the most intelligent name for it, but the guy has everyright to name it what he wants.

Definatly not P.C.

riiiight.....paintballs make you want to kill arabs...

I hate stupid people who blame stupid crap for everything wrong in this country

Trust me I know exactly what dicrimination feels like. I happen to be in a bi-racial relationship living in a place where in some cities the mixing of races inst exactly kosher. If I walk through a Filipino area of city with my lady, Oh boy, the sure dont like that. The Filipino men get very jealous that I am "stealing" their women, and say that she is too good for them. When she and I go through a mostly white part of the city, I hear all the time that I have an Asian fetish or that I am tainting the white race. I go to college Asian Culture classes, where the Professor will tell jokes about me, the only white guy, in Tagalog knowing I dont understand what they are saying.

I know exactly how discrimination feels, heck earlier in my life, I was stupid enough to dish some of it out myself.

Sure, I think discrimination is wrong, but not letting someone name their business whatever they want is just as discriminatory.

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I feel your pain too. But I have gone through worse than I have stated as well. Once you date outside the White race, you become a lesser member. But that isnt my point.

I am not looking for pity just as you arent either, but more of an awareness to others own beliefs being different then there own is okay. I agree with you to some extent that people are stupid and dont think straight but unfortunely not everyone is on the same page. Until everyone has an open mind, they really arent worth being your friend if they dump you over small issues. Just keep forging forward and hope for the best.

Death~By~Paint wrote: what people dont understand is that a game wont cause someone to kill someone else... its there mind and body doing it. The other thing is that discrimination gos both ways... the arabs discriminate against us as well. so i think this is all just a big whoping pill o crap.

But should we sink to their level?

I dont have any problems with people because of thier skin or religion, and when people do, I find it stupid.  I do not think that Americans should descriminate agaisnt Arabs, because we would be generalizing.  I dont think a single Arab-American hates Americans, so why should we hate them?


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Hey!

There is always going to be discrimination and racism and hatred no matter what!

No matter what anyone does...no matter how many lawsuits...no matter how many protests...there will always be discrimination, there will always be racism, and there will always be hatred in this world!

It's the cold, sad truth, and though some may not like it, it's life, so get used to it and deal with it.

Sorry if I sound like a complete <butthole>, but that's just how I view the subject.

I mean no offense whatsoever to anyone in here.

Hey!

I have a suggestion...kidnap Death~By~Paint and shoot him up with a bunch of anti-depressants and prozac...and why not a little bit of viagra just for the hell of it.

The kid's worse than me...yeah, if it came down to it I would defend myself or my friends from an attacker even if it meant I had to kill him/her/them...but I wouldn't go and seek him out just to kill him.

And yes...I carry a S/B with me at all times...'case my fists can't do a sufficient enough job, lol

*I'll give this a bump*

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