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From: davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu
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Subject: opinion about posted 'game'
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Date: 7 Feb 91 12:36:12 GMT
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I would just like to take a moment to comment on an upload that someone
recently posted as being on atari.archive.umich.edu.  The file name is
SADDAM.LZH, and it is purported to be a 'game' where one shoots an undefinable
man riding on a camel.

I, personally, find such a concept disgusting.  It promotes a bigotted racial
stereotype of Arabs.  It's on the same level as video games such as the
infamous 'Custer's Last Stand', where the objective was to rape as many Indian
women as possible.

If someone wants to write a war game based on the current strength levels in
the Iraq/Saudi area, I wouldn't object.  War games have a long history, and the
'units' involved are more or less accurately portrayed.  Using games for the
personal villification of Arabs (or any nationality), on the other hand, is
just stupid.

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David Paschall-Zimbel		davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu