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it's pretty funny how all these palestinian supporters think the game was geared towards their goals. read the summary, might give you a clue. this guy supports nothing. all he says is that he thinks suicide bombing is stupid-- which would seem to point to the fact that he doesn't consider the bombers martyrs at all. but everyone, really, is twisting this in favor of their own agenda. and in the dumbest of all forums, too-- an obscure corner of the internet.
that said: it is still wrong to create a game like this. this is a real, terrible situation that does not deserve to be trivialized in such a way-- no matter what the overall intentions of the game are. no one needs to play this game to realize that suicide bombing is stupid (if that was the intention of the game's creator). i guarantee no one's opinions on this issue have been changed because of this game.
what this WILL do, is it will make suicide bombing seem like even less of a deal than how the media is slowly beginning to portray it. and i would say the same exact thing if this were a game about killing innocent palestinian civilians. the entire arab-israeli conflict is an enormous tragedy that is occuring as we speak, and neither side deserves to be trivialized like this.
of course, the fact that i'm saying this won't matter at all, and the game won't be pulled no matter what. it's too popular and controversial now. and so many people are having so much fun playing it, assuming role of suicide bomber, targeting innocent people, blowing them to bits. it's so easy to enjoy when you're in the good ol' u.s., laughing at the entire thing thousands of miles away from the bloodshed, isn't it? i'm sure you're all very pleased with yourselves. and i know the reviews that exclaim "SO MUCH FUN!" make me proud to be an american.