No, I don't think it's true.
Games like this have been around for 10 years or so now and we don't have a generation of morally devoid trigger happy weirdos around (no more than we would normally anyway). I think most kids can tell the difference between whats real and whats not.
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JamTallons, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:40,
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I agree up to a point
I think we'll see the difference in the military not on the streets.
kids exposed to the most realistic computer stuff would make a more effective soldier. someone more readily able to follow orders without thought or conscience. And we all know how important it is for soldiers to question their orders these days.
the aim of the military is to get the average soldier less resistant to pulling the trigger as possible. To behave more like a machine than someone with free will. In WW1 they found 70% of the weapons of the battle dead were not even fired . No doubt today thanks to conditioning it's far less.
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Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:53,
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Hmmm. I might have a read of this actually:
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316330116/warcatslair. Interesting subject.
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JamTallons, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:54,
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All of these games are utterly useless for actual army training though
As they all encourage 'lone wolfing', ignoring orders and just running around doing whast you want, tactically.
All of these have to be physically beaten out of new squaddies, so they do what they're told, rather than what they think is best.
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