Amazing Toys that Actually Wind up in Warfare

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jediknight — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:51:19 GMT

Reminds me of the movie Small Soldiers.

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skip smyth — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:39:42 GMT

Football (North Amerca) is merely a war game. Popular ? Si ! Kill 'em Cardinals !

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kingabarry — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:29:29 GMT

Wars, war games, or torture, are testosterone driven, - all encoded in the male brain: dog, cat, human, or bird. "Locking horns," the war dance, the battle cry, torture chambers, sadism or masochism, animal experimentation and mutilation, voyeurism,- all addictions to the rush of hormones produced in the witness. It's nature and nurture, and the war toys are meant to perpetuate the behavior and corrupt future generations.

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fondy44 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:06:11 GMT

I think there's a pretty big connection between the defense industry and 'toy' makers as well. In one of the video games based on Tom Clancy's 'Rainbow Six' series that came out a few years ago, there's a fictional future scenario in which a skirmish occurs between Russia and Georgia - in the year 2008. Is Tom Clancy psychic?

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Darth Chaos — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:16:44 GMT

The origins of home video games are actually rooted in the military. In the 1960s, Ralph Baer invented the "Brown Box" prototype - which would eventually be released to consumers in 1972 as the Magnavox Odyssey - at Sanders Associates, a military electronics firm which was tied to the Pentagon. Sanders Associates has since been absorbed into Lockheed Martin which is now a subsidiary of BAE Systems, the world's largest defense contractor. Do a Google search for "Guns, Games, and Glory" which goes into further detail about Baer inventing the home video game.

Also keep in mind that when it was still owned by Warner Communications, Atari and the U.S. military teamed up to create a version of Atari's hit BattleZone arcade game for military training.

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Vermont Wren — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:07:34 GMT

All this crap is intended to get into everyone's house, family, etc. I've always wondered if our satellite dish receiver was a two-way street, now I'm more sure that it is. Technology is capable of doing amazing helpful things but due to greed and envy and an undying desire to rule the world, it is likely to do more for evil forces than good.

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curious7 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:27:09 GMT

Ours is a real mess. We have a system that limits practical education, but we must have our warriors. So let us give them KILLER TOYS.

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rb672d11 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:08:38 GMT

As the game playing field is slowly getting narrower compared to generations ago, it seems to me high tech militarization could easily be used on the populace to keep it in line with government agenda--right or wrong without recourse. The citizenry should keep a vigilent eye and leash on the goings on of military- especially today as we progress. Military is actually not about preserving individual liberty, but about large-scale collective control for whoever is in power.

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rrgrassi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:46:30 GMT

I still just like to work on my old car, go train spotting, and build on my model railroad. I'm 44 years old now, and played the "battle games" and turned out just fine. As parents, we need to guide our children on what is right or wrong, not some government worker.

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Islander — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:46:58 GMT

The language of the headline is unfortunate. Makes me think immediately of wind-up toys, which are probably not very effective killing machines.

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lively — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:44:05 GMT

Apologies if this has gone through already.... some links to interesting articles about toys for big boys... nasty, nasty:

Interesting articles on a related topic:

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Delaware — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:16:26 GMT

And just why should anyone be surprised? If you check out electronic games from the Nintendo DS Lite, to the Wifi, etc. they are almost all based on war, spy & tactical weapons. Even the so

called kids innocent stuff - Pokemon - is all about having battles. There are a few animal, & pet vet,

& other younger games, along with Brain Age that are alright - but when compared with those intended

to excite & desensitize our kids to violence, the odds are certainly stacked in the favor of those who wish to promote our kids into becoming robots of the system.

All that aside these games disconnect our kids from life & old fashioned playtime with friends, not to mention learning how to socialize with others. They become dull, & physically out of shape as well. As a parent, I think it's bad enough that most schools have stopped having recess. While the information our children need to learn is important - they must also learn how to interact with one another & de-stress.

As an alternative healthcare practitioner I'm finding that kids & adults are now showing up with more neck, shoulder, arm & hand pain - due in part to both the computer, & these games, due to the small motor movements required by the body to perform - not to mention headaches & eyestrain. So the effects of these electronics are far reaching!

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stoic — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:35:54 GMT

is it perverse? Children's games...childish adults playing their versions. I remember a Robert Mitchum war flick, I think it was "Anzio", in which he played a war correspondent...his character called war a game - the ultimate game (pissing off those around him who considered what they were doing anything but a game...).

Here is perverse: instead of developing technology, like that which is described herein as a solution to macular degeneration DIRECTLY, it comes instead in the form of a spin-off from developing it to kill people more efficiently. It will be profitable put to the good use, but will never be anywhere near as profitable as when put to the bad use. Then we are treated to these, "but see, look at the good that comes out of warfare" rationalizations.

Children are supposed to be emotinally & psychologically immature, they're still growing, developing. The people that pursue & attain gov power, & the profiteers behind them, are stunted...now, instead of cap guns, the bigger bullies have "technology", & all the lesser bullies want it too....